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The impasse was so serious, there was a chance for the entire project to be, um, scrubbed, until the two sides recently came to an agreement.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 May 2025
An unwanted cough or a slightly too hesitant um could be surgically removed with a click or two of the mouse.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
No word on whether the toothpaste is equally, um, filling.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Nineteen is certainly a lot lower than 42, but, um, 19 over the course of 94 episodes of television is not exactly and insubstantial amount.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 May 2025
An unwanted cough or a slightly too hesitant um could be surgically removed with a click or two of the mouse.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
No word on whether the toothpaste is equally, um, filling.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Nineteen is certainly a lot lower than 42, but, um, 19 over the course of 94 episodes of television is not exactly and insubstantial amount.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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