Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catching on
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On average, these objects hit our atmosphere going over 15 miles per second.—
Patrick M. Shober,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026 -
At 23, police stopped her for going over 100 miles per hour down the Pacific Coast Highway in a Ferrari 275 GTB4—the same make and model as a missing car that belonged to Sharon Tate, who had recently been murdered by Charles Manson’s followers.—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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Bailey has a wide-eyed clueless cuteness that lends to her character’s well-meaning naiveté — even her missteps have a way of working out.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The party and potential host cities are working out site visit plans for each in the coming weeks.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Ferrand-Prevot won the race last year, in her first year back on the roads after three years competing in mountain biking and gravel racing, and is coming off the back of a second-place finish at Flanders.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Netflix and Brown are also coming off the record-breaking final season of Stranger Things, which had its series finale in December.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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Alphabet, too, was left for dead by the Street on fears that management wasn't executing and the company's AI strategy wasn't panning out to the point the were being overtaken by others.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Guthrie family is aware that the investigation might need to be transitioned and has been briefed on the fact that certain leads have not been panning out, the sources said.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2026
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