Regex to match words with hyphens and/or apostrophes

by

use this pattern

(?=\S*['-])([a-zA-Z'-]+)

Demo

(?=                 # Look-Ahead
  \S                # <not a whitespace character>
  *                 # (zero or more)(greedy)
  ['-]              # Character in ['-] Character Class
)                   # End of Look-Ahead
(                   # Capturing Group (1)
  [a-zA-Z'-]        # Character in [a-zA-Z'-] Character Class
  +                 # (one or more)(greedy)
)                   # End of Capturing Group (1)

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