Definition of "there've" [there've]

• Shortened form of there have. (phrase)

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• "The worst has happened times four...but...there've been zero fatalities."
• "But there've also been some great movies in this genre, and one that turned out better than expected is The Art of Getting By, largely due to the performance of its star, Freddie Highmore, who plays George, a solitary teenager who believes that the inevitability of death makes life and doing homework meaningless, which might lead to him having to repeat his senior year at a private New York high school."
• "You get older and realize, if one show was going to take the band down, it would have happened already, because there've been plenty that would have warranted that reaction from the public."