as in to spread
to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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In Koreatown, residents got about two seconds of warning before shaking arrived.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Adapted lenses without their own VR get about three stops of correction, nothing to sneeze at.
—PCMAG, 12 Sep. 2024
Turning the film into a conduit for pure anarchic glee, Kitano gets about as close as possible to a live-action cartoon.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
The league should get about $200 million for its commercial Sunday Ticket rights, which gets an array of NFL games into bars and restaurants, according to the person familiar with the matter.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Adapted lenses without their own VR get about three stops of correction, nothing to sneeze at.
—PCMAG, 12 Sep. 2024
Turning the film into a conduit for pure anarchic glee, Kitano gets about as close as possible to a live-action cartoon.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
The league should get about $200 million for its commercial Sunday Ticket rights, which gets an array of NFL games into bars and restaurants, according to the person familiar with the matter.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20about. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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