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Discover LudwigThe phrase "whatever that was" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express confusion or uncertainty about a previous event or statement. Example: "After watching the strange performance, I turned to my friend and said, 'What was that? I have no idea what just happened, whatever that was.'"
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He told me to do my best, whatever that was.
8.58pm: Whatever that was [Larkrise] didn't look great.
I don't like to really get back into the emotional stuff, whatever that was.
Other local evening papers had moved to fancy new web-offset printing, whatever that was.
They would be going cheerfully about their ordinary weekend business, whatever that was.
But the Stones had no genuine interest in furthering the Woodstock Nation, whatever that was.
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"Whatever that's worth".
"Buttermilk — whatever that is," he says.
"They want to Skype, whatever that is".
Then she smiles: "Whatever that is".
Her 'behavior oblongata' (whatever that is) never fired up.
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