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Definition of "wasn't" []

  • Contraction of was not. (noun-possessive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wasn't" in a sentence
  • "Though the term wasn't used in his time, Mr. Fuller died in 1983, he was deeply interested in biomimicry, the examination of nature and its ability to solve human problems in a sustainable way."
  • "Laurence Darrow Brown--dubbed "Dobie" Gray by Sonny Bono, a rip from the TV sitcom The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis--contacted one of the company's owners, Cliff Chenfeld, to license his re-recorded hits collection, something the label wasn't keen on since we were all such music geeks happily fixated on original versions."
  • "Reports at the time said Murphy stormed out of the ceremony shortly after his name wasn't called."
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