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thru
[ throo ]
thru
/ Īø°ł³ÜĖ /
preposition
- adverb, adjective a variant spelling of through
Example Sentences
āSo many gross stories of things he made me go thru on that movie, including in his last scene to speed up and rev his engine so he could cover me completely in dirt,ā she wrote in another story.
Lennon used it on several songs on his album Walls and Bridges, including his duet with Elton John, Whatever Gets You Thru The Night.
The āScary Movieā and āWhite Chicksā star on Wednesday made a punchline of the āKiss Me Thru the Phoneā rapperās career after the musician dragged Wayans family matters into a social media feud.
He continued to gain traction in the early aughts with songs āDonk,ā āKiss Me Thru The Phoneā and āPretty Boy Swag.ā
McDonnell echoed Corbyn's comments in his own post on X, saying: "We did not force our way thru, the police allowed us to go thru & when stopped in Trafalgar Square we laid our flowers down & dispersed."
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Is Thru A 51³Ō¹Ļ?
And isĀ ³Ł³ó°ł³ÜĢżin the dictionary?
Thru is not listed as a standard word in this dictionary, meaning that language users donāt view it as an accepted word and donāt use it regularly with a standard meaning. Instead, thru is an informal variant of through that is particularly common in the United States.Ā
An informal variant is a term used in informal situations but not recognized as acceptable by most language users. You wouldnāt use thru in formal or semiformal situations, but you might see it used in informal contexts or in the compound term drive-thru.
Note: Just because a word isnāt considered a standard word in the dictionary doesnāt necessarily mean itās ānot a word.ā Some people may use it, and if enough people start using it regularly, it may be added to the dictionary.
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