gets about

present tense third-person singular of get about

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets about China gets about 20 percent of its soybeans from the United States. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025 Midland Care, a nonprofit organization in Topeka, gets about $9,000 a month for dual-eligible patients and about $7,000 for Medicaid-only patients, said Shawn Sullivan, Midland’s CEO. Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets about
Verb
  • Another cold front sweeping down from Canada will drop already moderate temperatures 10-20 degrees across parts of the Midwest this week before its grip spreads across the Northeast, forecasters say.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Transmitted by bites, scratches, or even just by getting a drop of infected blood in one's system, the virus spreads rapidly, effectively collapsing society.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bacterium Yersinia pestis still circulates globally.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Money velocity—the rate at which money circulates through the economy—remains stuck near historic lows, about 20% below pre-pandemic levels, according to my firm’s recent research highlight, which dives more deeply into data analysis on this subject.
    Ivan Illan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The problem comes when inflation gets out of hand — when average prices go up faster than average wages are going up.
    Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And what comes out could reshape the sector in powerful ways, directing scarce time and talent to what matters most.
    Cat Ward, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • So, the album comes out next Friday.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Gets about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20about. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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