uh
interjection
ˈə 
usually with prolonged ə
chiefly US, informal
—used to express hesitation
Do you want to, uh, go out sometime?
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So, how is Ferris Bueller… er, uh, Ed McNally, 40 years later?
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Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
The seeds of success were planted deep in, uh, fertilizer over the last three years, but, in retrospect, the first indication that 2026 might be a little different was the surprise signing of Munetaka Murakami this winter.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Lestat justifies his, uh, connection with Gabriella by arguing that vampires transcend petty human concepts like conventional morality.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 7 June 2026
Life, uh, finds a way Sarhan and his colleagues also found traces of a soil bacterium called Pseudomonas, which has probably also been with Ötzi at least since death, in nearly all of the samples from the mummy, as well as the soil taken from near his body on the glacier.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
The seeds of success were planted deep in, uh, fertilizer over the last three years, but, in retrospect, the first indication that 2026 might be a little different was the surprise signing of Munetaka Murakami this winter.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Lestat justifies his, uh, connection with Gabriella by arguing that vampires transcend petty human concepts like conventional morality.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 7 June 2026
Life, uh, finds a way Sarhan and his colleagues also found traces of a soil bacterium called Pseudomonas, which has probably also been with Ötzi at least since death, in nearly all of the samples from the mummy, as well as the soil taken from near his body on the glacier.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2026
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“Uh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uh. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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