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as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on
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as in to do
to move forward along a course
find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign
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Recent Examples of get on
Richardson started the second quarter but only took one shot with one rebound and a turnover in a five-minute stretch before not getting on the floor again.
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Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Before the start of the festival, Mager, 40, got on a video call from her basement in Brooklyn to talk about the origins of the story, the casting and the picking of the songs for the musical numbers.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Research continuously shows that people just don't want to get on an aircraft that only has one pilot.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The reception Calvert-Lewin gets on his return to Everton will be fascinating to see.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Before the start of the festival, Mager, 40, got on a video call from her basement in Brooklyn to talk about the origins of the story, the casting and the picking of the songs for the musical numbers.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Research continuously shows that people just don't want to get on an aircraft that only has one pilot.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The reception Calvert-Lewin gets on his return to Everton will be fascinating to see.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on
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In any case, music therapy is often used to cope with stress, fatigue, sleep issues, memory problems, learning difficulties, anxiety, depression, etc.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Inside athletic departments across the country, executives are coping with financial impacts driven by the death of amateurism in high-level college sports.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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And in middle and high schools, teachers are assigning more excerpts and shorter texts, in so doing crowding out whole books and resulting in less overall reading.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Key to the truce continuing to hold is the disarming of Hamas, something that the militant group that has controlled the Palestinian territory since 2007 has refused to do, despite Israel seeing it as nonnegotiable.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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The thieves got by a security guard standing outside, but their images were captured by surveillance video, KTLA reported.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Yes, some filmmakers could get by using less emotion and showing more loyalty to the source material.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Player Projects require Raiders to go out into the various maps and find loot, which must then be committed in order to progress and earn rewards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Have things progressed to the point of having regular kombucha or kvass infusions?—
Alyssa Brandt,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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No history of the United States would tell a story in which the federal government and the states have always got along.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sure, there is a lot of interest in the feuds—are Charles and Harry getting along these days?—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the reaction proceeds through a cascade of events.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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In it, Oldham costumes up as a shaggy woodland monster, which—after a more nimble inhabitant seemingly swaps into the outfit—proceeds to engage a human in an elaborate dance routine.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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Small black flies marched along his unbearably long lashes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Hundreds of people marched peacefully through Center City Philadelphia Monday, rallying in solidarity with Minnesota and raising concerns about federal immigration enforcement and recent deadly encounters involving federal agents in Minneapolis.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The big moment comes amid the HBO Max drama's breakout success and after the pair was photographed out together several times on Globes weekend.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The killings came amid a wave of bloody violence tied to drug trafficking and organized crime, which has surged across Ecuador in recent years.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20on. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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