Definition of "we've" []

• Contraction of we have.

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• "It's always hard to leave the familiar, to leave a name we've been so closely tied to for 12 years,'' said Sara Dziuk, executive director of its Twin Cities office, one of three nationally."
• "The word we've been getting is that the situation is still way too fuzzy to talk of a "discovery" and CERN itself has already said there won't be a discovery announcement."
• "During this call we've made a number of forward-looking statements."