that's

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1. contractionThat is.

   That's the book I've been looking for.

2. contractionThat has.

   I've managed to find the solution to the problem that's been bugging me all day.

3. contractionproscribedThat was.

   Yesterday, that's bugging me all day.

alternative thats

1. CanadaNorthern IrelandUSWest Midlandswhose, of which (in dialects that require a human antecedent for 'whose')

   1995, Aimo Seppänen & Göran Kjellmer. The dog that's leg was run over: On the genitive of the relative pronoun. English Studies 76, 389–400.

   5 more examples

   He had in his pocket an old flick-knife that's spring was slow and temperamental.

   1992, Jim Crace, Arcadia, page 10

   "[…] we want them to bring a product to market that's time had not yet come," said Ray Farhung, a Southern California Edison official.

   1993 January 10, Bill Vlasic, “Cool Contest”, in The Detroit News, page 1D

   […] the only one that's title has been released […]

   2009, Doug Whitman, quoted in Neal Whitman, "We Don't Speak the Same Language" (blog post, 2011 March 23)

   that's is perfectly possible in my Northern Irish English dialect, e.g. "The cow that's calf was lost" is fine; "The cow whose calf was lost" is not so good as my dialect seems to require human reference for who, […]

   2014 March 28, Warren Maguire, “['That's'] Comments”, in Mark Liberman, Language Log, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2014

   It had products like a WiFi light bulb that's brightness and even color can be controlled via Smartphone.

   2018, Jimmy Im, "I shopped at Amazon's new 4-star-product store in New York City — here's why I wouldn't do it again", CNBC.com, 2018 September 28