um

interjection

a prolonged sound

əm

—used to indicate hesitation

well, um, I don't know

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De acordo com um estudo de 11 países com mais de 500 executivos seniores de grandes organizações corporativas ... —

Aaron Mitchell Finegold, Harvard Business Review, 7 Nov. 2024 This isn’t the first time Paramount has embarked on, um, ingenious marketing campaigns, previously spearheading a viral PR run that included actors freaking out fans and ESPN commentators alike by flashing toothy smiles at MLB games. —

Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024 And this has given me a kind of, um, almost like an insider view of what went on in the company where Dora Richardson worked. —

Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024 Bruce Rivers: … there was, um, uh, gunshot residue on her left hand. —

Natalie Morales, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for um