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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
But hey, someone’s gotta do it.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The odds look low from here, but hey, stranger things have happened.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
So, the tanker captain said, hey, what the heck?
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
But hey, someone’s gotta do it.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The odds look low from here, but hey, stranger things have happened.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
So, the tanker captain said, hey, what the heck?
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hey
Interjection
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Araghchi made the comments during a meeting with South Korea's special envoy Chung Byung-ha in Tehran, the semiofficial Iranian ISNA news agency reported.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Still, Amazon has a lot of ground (ha!) to make up.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
Interjection
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But the real wow moment comes at the end.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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That initial wow factor – and its capacity to motivate people to make healthy lifestyle changes – may be valuable.—
Liao Yue,
The Conversation,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Hey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hey. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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