as in to arrive
to get to a destination
it will be late when you get in, so you may have trouble finding a taxi
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Recent Examples of get in
That’s nearly three times as much as the school got in its last year of the Pac-12.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
What gets in the way of prescribed fire Even in most years, the Forest Service faces challenges using prescribed fire.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 4 May 2026
Luckily, Ty Hunter and husband Jay-Z were quick to get in formation and help carry the singer to the top.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
That gap hits hardest at the bottom of the market, where first-time buyers are, where people without a financial safety net are trying to get in for the first time.
—Blake O'Shaughnessy, Fortune, 3 May 2026
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
What gets in the way of prescribed fire Even in most years, the Forest Service faces challenges using prescribed fire.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 4 May 2026
Luckily, Ty Hunter and husband Jay-Z were quick to get in formation and help carry the singer to the top.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
That gap hits hardest at the bottom of the market, where first-time buyers are, where people without a financial safety net are trying to get in for the first time.
—Blake O'Shaughnessy, Fortune, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get in
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In another classic tasting-menu move, the menu arrives after the meal, a map to study only once the journey is complete.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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One of the owners told officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that 31 other sloths, from Guyana and Peru, had died — either on the way to the attraction or after arriving and being stored over cold nights in a building with no heat or running water.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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This beguiling wine bar on one of the original streets of Chinatown is a model for how to enter a historic neighborhood respectfully, without erasing what came before.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Then the Solar System Dynamics Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyzes the objects that will come closest to Earth, using infrared-scanning telescopes such as NEOWISE to estimate the size of asteroids, especially darker ones that are difficult to see in the visible spectrum.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026
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Despite throwing 63 pitches through three innings, Ray only needed 30 pitches to get through the latter three frames.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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Entering Saturday, Holmes had pitched at least five innings in all seven of his starts and had gotten through six innings in four of them.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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The areas most affected by those imminent zoning changes appear to be parts of western Clairemont and eastern Pacific Beach along the Blue Line trolley extension that began running in 2021.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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On the eve of the election, Varga, who had been quiet for months, wrote a Facebook post that appeared to be a tacit endorsement of Orbán.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Just as the Greens and their families interview their matches, the Eyes turn up unannounced at the Aunt Lydia School to interrogate the Pearl Girls, which means Weston is pulling double-duty.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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The Emirates turned into a stage for unfettered jigs, pogos, salsas — whatever your dancing capabilities, anything went down a treat — as a club turned up the music and danced as one.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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