what for
Example Sentences
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They wrote: “Mortgage costs are a decisive factor in consumers’ assessment of their ability to make what for many Americans amounts to the most meaningful purchase of their lives.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
The Justice Department said the paint job wasn’t a certainty and argued there was no reason for a judge to police what for now remains a hypothetical project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
She was determined to shine a light on what, for many Americans on both sides of the color line, is a hidden and forgotten history.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025
And what for Imrie, the beloved veteran actress who stole the show with her nervous fart in episode three?
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
If I tell her that I want to spend some time with a friend, she asks me what for and says she doesn’t want me in other people’s cocinas, which is stupid.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
