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as in copes
to meet one's day-to-day needs
most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night
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as in progresses
to move forward along a course
the preparations for the party are getting along just fine
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Recent Examples of gets along
Bernie also gets along well with other dogs.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Everyone gets along really well.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This gentle soul loves to cuddle and gets along well with all dogs and people.
—Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The silky gel gets along with every curl type (our testers ranged from 2A to 3C), encasing spirals of all patterns in a pliable cast that helps keep them buoyant.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The only way this can work is if the boss is a nice guy and everyone gets along really well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Everyone gets along really well.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This gentle soul loves to cuddle and gets along well with all dogs and people.
—Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The silky gel gets along with every curl type (our testers ranged from 2A to 3C), encasing spirals of all patterns in a pliable cast that helps keep them buoyant.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The only way this can work is if the boss is a nice guy and everyone gets along really well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets along
Verb
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Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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Healing does not look the same for everyone, and the way each person copes with distress can vary greatly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Experimental drugs that could help them are being held up while their disorder progresses daily, their dad said.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Emergency agencies will continue to issue alerts as the system progresses, and utility companies are preparing for possible outages and restoration work.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Current and former employees swear Preller gets by on a few hours of sleep a night.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Milwaukee does the little things, and is opportunistic and fundamentally sound.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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So does Stagier Bar, with creations like dumplings filled with lomo saltado, a Peruvian dish of sautéed beef that hints at the chef Joel Baeza’s Latin American roots.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Billy reluctantly goes along with it, while Mary, watching far away in Scotland, folds her disappointment up like laundry and gets on with business of waiting for her two friends to snap out of it.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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But Harold gets on famously with Duke William, at least until the Norman warlord decides to assert his claim to the English throne.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Yeah, if the right thing comes along, because scoring can get intense with the changes and the edits and making the director happy.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Every once in a while—not never, decidedly not never—an Nvidia comes along.—
Jim Cramer,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Whether seen as a necessary application of justice or a politically fraught escalation, the case ensures that the debate over how America manages its most sensitive secrets is far from over.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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But the bigger question is how the industry manages them, and whether lenders are incentivized to prioritize durability over growth for its own sake.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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It was announced last month that ticket sales from the visit of Israel would go to a humanitarian cause helping Palestinian people, and it was subsequently confirmed by the NFF that proceeds would be handed over to Doctors Without Borders, a non-governmental organisation working in Gaza.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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But if progress in robotics proceeds anywhere close to the speed of the wider AI industry, that wide distance may nevertheless be traversed in a short space of time.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Gets along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20along. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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