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whoever

[hoo-ev-er] / huˈɛv ər /


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“I can create whoever you need me to,” said Simhony.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“And I said, ‘I would love to be your Wolverine, whoever, and whatever he is.’”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The clock is ticking, however, and Collins awaits whoever emerges from whatever process Democrats ultimately follow.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, are intellectual property that are not premised on creating value for whoever registers them; they’re about protecting consumers.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

“Well, whoever ‘bespoke’ it really knew what they were doing.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

His attitude is essentially that the EU must take the outstretched hand of whomever the UK puts on the dancefloor to represent them.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Hypocrisy allows parents, or the DoD, or whomever, to target the book itself.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

I would have to name my estate as beneficiary and then, after the policy is underwritten, change the beneficiary to whomever I want.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

“Gavin Newsom’s megaphone is loud enough to echo across this race, leading other prominent members of the party to endorse whomever he chooses and vaulting someone, finally, out of the crowded pack,” Kousser said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

Yes, my dear listeners, Courtney is nice to whomever she comes in contact with or whomever she’s talking to.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

Clothes that show whosever wearing them in their best light, to show off their beauty but in a way that never degrades them in any way,” Griffiths said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 23, 2023

I thank that voice whosever it may have been, Mingo, and will say it was as true a voice as the rest were lying voices.

From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore

That blunder, whosever fault it was, not only lost the Soudan to Egypt, but caused the death of many of our brave soldiers, to say nothing of Gordon himself.

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton

That will all happen as predicted, and my mother can recite that lovely poem of Freiligrath's or Anastasius Grun's, or whosever it is 'Love as long as thou canst, love as long as thou mayst.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Paul, Eden

Nom. whoever, whosoever, Pos. whosever, whosesoever, Obj. whomever. whomsoever.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd




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