Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Contraction of I have.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Colloquial contraction of I have.
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- phrase Contraction of
I have .
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Examples
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The moment we become aware of that space between stimulus and response is the moment we come in contact with "the now effect," a term I've coined to describe that moment of clarity of what matters and an awareness of the choices, possibilities and opportunities that lie before us.
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.: How to Break Free From the Addictive Fix Ph.D. Elisha Goldstein 2012
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The moment we become aware of that space between stimulus and response is the moment we come in contact with "the now effect," a term I've coined to describe that moment of clarity of what matters and an awareness of the choices, possibilities and opportunities that lie before us.
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.: How to Break Free From the Addictive Fix Ph.D. Elisha Goldstein 2012
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It's a term I've only recently come across, but I can't get it out of my head.
Robert Koehler: Project Bugsplat Robert Koehler 2011
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It's a term I've only recently come across, but I can't get it out of my head.
Robert Koehler: Project Bugsplat Robert Koehler 2011
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Other operators of the A380, Lufthansa and Qantas may feel they've dodged a bullet, and that's a term I've used more than once in writing about this particular model airplane.
Christine Negroni: Wing Cracks and Cars That Won't Stop Christine Negroni 2012
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It's a term I've only recently come across, but I can't get it out of my head.
Robert Koehler: Project Bugsplat Robert Koehler 2011
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"I can wear a label I've paid for and feel proud."
Chinese Shoppers Lose Taste for Fakes Laurie Burkitt 2012
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She was a painter, though according to Murrin she was legally blind, which is a term I've never fully understood.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
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Other operators of the A380, Lufthansa and Qantas may feel they've dodged a bullet, and that's a term I've used more than once in writing about this particular model airplane.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Christine Negroni 2012
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"No touch," he says, a phrase I've heard from fruit vendors in Boston's Haymarket.
Banging My Head Against the Garage Door of Religion Con Chapman 2011
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