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gets at

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present tense third-person singular of get at

as in pays off

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This opaqueness from earlier in the season pays off in the form of John recounting the brutal methods the Manhunter used to decimate this planet, involving a fear gas that made people kill one another and jump to their deaths.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Quarterly reporting cycles do not reward discipline that pays off over a longer horizon than a single reporting period.

— Hiren Dhaduk, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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