as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely
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Recent Examples of get by
As intimidating as his defense is, he can be beaten in space when drivers can get a bump into an overextended Wembanyama, or even get under Wembanyama to get by him.
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Law Murray, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Its bedrock appeal has always been its depiction of a more or less happy family struggling to get by while running a Jersey Shore burger joint.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 22 May 2026
The pod formed to help each other get by.
—Jessica Blough, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
The Last Guest While the Pope couldn’t make it for Colbert’s final show, the host still got by with a little help from a friend.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
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Law Murray, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Its bedrock appeal has always been its depiction of a more or less happy family struggling to get by while running a Jersey Shore burger joint.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 22 May 2026
The pod formed to help each other get by.
—Jessica Blough, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
The Last Guest While the Pope couldn’t make it for Colbert’s final show, the host still got by with a little help from a friend.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get by
Verb
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Amid fears of how Kvaratskhelia would cope with the difficulties, his long-time youth coach, Vladimer Kakashvili, made a proposal.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Severe weather alerts are in effect across Western Europe as millions cope with extreme temperatures.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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Rather than attacking all rapidly growing cells, as chemotherapy does, the drug targets a key cancer-driving pathway known as KRAS, which is involved in more than 90% of pancreatic tumors.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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Ionic liquids are essentially salts that stay in liquid form even in the vacuum of space, which very few materials can do.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 05,
New Atlas,
5 June 2026
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In both cases, outsiders arrived amid shifting political and business winds and made clear that anyone unwilling to get on board could leave.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.—
Joanna Ossinger,Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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All of us had eaten bear meat, and all of us could get along real easily without doing so again.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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Blending friend groups in a single room is one thing, but add in the awkward scenario of inviting people who legitimately don’t get along to the same party, and the tension can feel palpable.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
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County officials said the money would be used to repair roads, fix storm damage, maintain bridges and manage roadside vegetation.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Wonder also owns and manages the kitchens, and handles delivery after buying GrubHub in a deal valued at $650 million that closed in 2025.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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