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Recent Examples of hey But hey, won’t someone think of the children's data? PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025 But hey, whiskey nerds are gonna whiskey nerd and whiskey sellers are gonna gouge. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025 And, hey, maybe Ellen and her brother would like to come to Arthur’s wedding? Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 The New Yorker published the majority of my stories after a point—bless them—but many of the recent examples are—hey, go figure—science fiction stories. Jane Ciabattari september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 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
  • The most wonderful, crazy surprise blessing of our lives ha!
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Interjection
  • And someone just comes out think, Oh, wow.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Want to wow your dinner guests?
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025

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