Definition of 'who's'
Who's is the usual spoken form of 'who is' or 'who has', especially when 'has' is an auxiliary verb.
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who's in American English
(huːz)
contraction of
1.
who is
Who's there?
2.
who has
Who's seen it?
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Examples of 'who's' in a sentence
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For example, we have a former CIA agent who's a crackerjack on Mexico.
`There's been more strife here about who's going to do what than the High Peak has
known since the Enclosure Acts.
Who's running your internal monologue?
Who's the biggest diva, we asked.
Not bad for a guy who's never been to school, still has trouble readin' a book with
no pictures.
She has - um - struck up an acquaintance with a young man, who's filming a documentary
of the protest.
You're talking about a physician, a pillar of the community who's got the dough and
smarts to sue us into the next century.
If it all goes belly-up, Petra's the one who's going to have to deal with it on the
spot.
Who's Gunner be next crocked star?
And who's not pleased to get a magnum of wine?
Example sentences from Collins dictionaries
It's easy to lose track of who's playing who.
you'll soon find out who's who
there's no point in quibbling about who's right and who's wrong
look who's blown in!
May I ask who's calling?
Now then, who's for a cup of tea?
she knows everybody who's anybody
who's that song by?
Who's going to do the shopping?
who's acting in it?
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I'm all by myself and I know I'm going to get lost.
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