as in why
how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable
what! I can't believe we won!
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Interjection
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Uh oh, has the firefighter moved on and found love with someone new?—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
13 Apr. 2025 -
And oh, the power play Imagine a recent season in which the Rangers, in a tie game, get three power plays over the final 9:14 of regulation, including a 24-second five-on-three.—
Arthur Staple,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
Interjection
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But hey, great artists don’t shy away from the truth.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Not in a classroom with a lecture but sitting on your couch with your family, eating some popcorn, getting this informal education, and hopefully planting a seed that, hey, Black women do this type of science.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
Interjection
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Also, many of the views are, well, astonishingly beautiful.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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And if the Flames play beyond Game 82, well, that would leave the Canucks as the only Canadian team not invited to this year’s Stanley Cup playoff party.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“What.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/what. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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