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haven't

[ hav-uhnt ]

  1. contraction of have not.


haven't

/ ˈhævənt /

contraction of

  1. have not
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Idioms and Phrases

see under not have .
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Example Sentences

"I haven't a clue," replies Fisher - clearly a man who doesn't give praise gushingly.

From BBC

“We can’t ignore all the positives that technology has brought into our lives. There are huge upsides, but what we haven’t really considered is the impact it is having on brains which aren’t ready for it.”

From BBC

Apparently they haven’t even decided how much to ask on their Montecito home.

“I stopped at 60 and I haven’t had a thimble’s worth since,” he said in a cover story published Wednesday.

Already, elected Republicans are deploying their favorite trick from the first Trump presidency: claiming they simply haven’t seen the horrible thing reporters are asking about.

From Salon

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