—used to express mild disappointment, gentle entreaty, or real or mock sympathy or sentiment
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actual weight
2
aircraft warning
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articles of war
4
automatic weapon
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jake Piazza,annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
There’s that, ‘Oh gosh’ kind of ‘aw shucks’ thing going on.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2024
This scene starts out cute — aw, Margo and Sergei are both eating burgers in their respective hotel rooms!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Studies of fathers have generated some alarmist headlines over the years, and Hrdy has kindly collated them: no dad joke: fatherhood shrinks the brain; aw,nuts!
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Those two characters served as the yin and yang for the early MCU — Stark the brash, rakish genius; Cap the stalwart, aw shucks warrior — that became the franchise’s gravitational center.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
From 10 years ago to now, aw man, Drai’s is a big reason.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
In the first version of the film, Barbie was kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough and only returns to save it once she’s figured out that perfect is being yourself (aw!).
—Vulture, 10 June 2023
That’s what’s got everybody’s eyes rolling, her aw shucks/ohmygod!
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
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Trump Media, which trades as DJT on the Nasdaq, aw its market cap fall more than 40% between Tuesday afternoon and Friday.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jake Piazza,annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
There’s that, ‘Oh gosh’ kind of ‘aw shucks’ thing going on.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2024
This scene starts out cute — aw, Margo and Sergei are both eating burgers in their respective hotel rooms!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Studies of fathers have generated some alarmist headlines over the years, and Hrdy has kindly collated them: no dad joke: fatherhood shrinks the brain; aw,nuts!
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Those two characters served as the yin and yang for the early MCU — Stark the brash, rakish genius; Cap the stalwart, aw shucks warrior — that became the franchise’s gravitational center.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
From 10 years ago to now, aw man, Drai’s is a big reason.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
In the first version of the film, Barbie was kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough and only returns to save it once she’s figured out that perfect is being yourself (aw!).
—Vulture, 10 June 2023
That’s what’s got everybody’s eyes rolling, her aw shucks/ohmygod!
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
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“Aw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aw. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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interjection
—used to express mild sympathy, pleading, disbelief, or disappointment
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