as in yes
used to express agreement
"That's really what she said?" "Yep"
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Recent Examples of yep
James had 15 rebounds, seven assists and, yep, 45 points as the Cavaliers won 105-101.
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Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 30 Apr. 2018
Yep - the new head coach at Texas came to Ohio State's graduation.
—Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 30 Apr. 2018
Yep - the new head coach at Texas came to Ohio State's graduation.
—Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yep
Adverb
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Next, Mofakham plans to examine whether patients can answer yes-or-no questions using specific facial movements.—
Andrew Chapman,
Scientific American,
31 Aug. 2025
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Trust takes time, so yes, share content and share knowledge but also respect the process.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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And if not, and if someone wants to go, what a weirdo, okay fine, all good.—
H. Alan Scott
Jennifer Cunningham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Some of the effects, done by Lucas’s ILM, hold up okay, and Val Kilmer seems to be having a good time as the defender and sidekick of Warwick Davis’s Willow, but this sort of genre doesn’t seem to be up Howard’s alley.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Yep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yep. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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