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a

[uh, ey] / ə, eɪ /
ARTICLE
not any particular or certain one of a class or group
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STRONGEST
STRONG
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The ponds, which cover nearly 5,000 hectares, display constantly changing colours -a view he says he never tires of.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

I don't think the "-e" should eliminate the existing "-o" and the "-a."

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2022

He needs to grow up or get out -a cancer in the locker room.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2017

Hanks' character -a boy in an adult body - ends up working for a toy company headed by Loggia.

From Reuters • Dec. 4, 2015

But if I can hold down Greasy Sae's concoction of mice meat, pig entrails, and tree bark -a winter specialty -I'm determined to hang on to this.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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