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Recent Examples of hey But hey, maybe someone like 4-3 East Carolina surges to the top above Tulane and Navy, opening the door for Boise. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 Their success obviously wasn't permanent, given Hocus Pocus 2 sees the villains return — but hey, almost 30 years of banishment is a pretty good run. Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025 And hey, please remember to send me your questions! Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 In any case, hey, no law agin’ it. Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hey
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Interjection
  • Setting it in one building also set off ah-ha moments.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Amid the federal vaccine policy upheaval, these groups and other major organizations ha ve broken with federal guidance and published their own vaccine recommendations – and some states have formally adopted these recommendations, too.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
Interjection
  • Tries a first flight from the escarpment, a learner breeze across the valley, and realises – wow!
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This is where luxury, experience, and wow-factor meet.
    Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Hey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hey. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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