how is
idiom
—used to ask someone whether he or she likes something or if something is good
How is the soup?
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The issue is, how is that going to be accomplished?
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Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Instead, Bad Bunny — aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — focused on how is amazed by his good fortune.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
And yet again, how is our world filled with high-achieving straight-A students who have happily done so?
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
So how is Big Shot different than the many, many companies competing in the the family entertainment space, one of the most durable genres in Hollywood?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Hi hi hello, how is everyone doing this lovely Sunday?
—Rosalind Bowling, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2025
But the why is so different, and the how is so different.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Dec. 2025
So how is Microsoft’s gaming division going to turn the tide Thursday night at the Xbox Bowl?
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Those are all well and good accolades, but how is King actually competing with industry big dogs in such a short amount of time, in such a novel style, all by himself?
—Andy Wacker, Outside, 14 Dec. 2025
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Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Instead, Bad Bunny — aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — focused on how is amazed by his good fortune.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
And yet again, how is our world filled with high-achieving straight-A students who have happily done so?
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
So how is Big Shot different than the many, many companies competing in the the family entertainment space, one of the most durable genres in Hollywood?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Hi hi hello, how is everyone doing this lovely Sunday?
—Rosalind Bowling, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2025
But the why is so different, and the how is so different.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Dec. 2025
So how is Microsoft’s gaming division going to turn the tide Thursday night at the Xbox Bowl?
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Those are all well and good accolades, but how is King actually competing with industry big dogs in such a short amount of time, in such a novel style, all by himself?
—Andy Wacker, Outside, 14 Dec. 2025
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“How is.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/how%20is. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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