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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I picked up the phone and rang Josh, a friend of mine who's a financial broker.
'You know, I think just about everybody who's ever met that scrawny rascal feels exactly
the same way about him.
Not tokenism, but you must take into account who's had the leg-ups.
Perhaps service can be added to the responsibilities of an existing executive who's
responsible for quality.
It's extremely important for me that more women try to follow a role model who's doing
positive things.
He is the spitting image of my girlfriend's son, who's 12.
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.
Example sentences from Collins dictionaries
who's your date for tonight?
Who's that guy?
a good-for-nothing employee who's always late
Who's pinched my pen?
Who's going to score?
Who's that?
who's next?
Who's to blame?
right, who's next?
who's the next tallest boy?
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