gets about

present tense third-person singular of get about

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets about Unfortunately, the house only gets about 15 minutes of screen time as the Owens women swap the cozy setting for the beautiful England countryside. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026 The town gets about 41% of its water from the Colorado River, and will lose 20% of that allocation under the upcoming cuts. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 The drop has coincided with broader volatility in the AI trade, particularly chip stocks, and a decline in the Korean market, which gets about half its value from SK Hynix and Samsung. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Anthropic — which gets about 80% of its $30 billion run-rate from enterprise use — saw inference margins climb from 38% to over 70% during 2026 due to the popularity of Claude Code, according to SemiAnalysis. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 During the summer, the organization gets about 30 to 35 students for its summer tutoring program, which is scheduled to start on July 1. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 June 2026 For now, Space Florida gets about $17 million a year for operational budget but limited funds for infrastructure investment. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 But the average American gets about 14 — and nutritionists have been sounding the alarm for years. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026 The food pantry gets about 150,000 annual visits at its warehouse and through its offsite distribution service. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets about
Verb
  • Measles is highly contagious and spreads through the air when people cough, sneeze, talk or breath.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The disease, which spreads through bites and scratches from infected animals, is most commonly carried by bats, foxes, raccoons and skunks.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As the warm water sits still at the top, oxygen no longer circulates to the bottom.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • After washing, the appliance can move through steam sanitization and hot-air drying before entering a 72-hour antibacterial storage mode, which circulates filtered air to help keep cleaned parts dry and ready for use.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Tommy Edman hits a three-run home run and Tanner Scott gets out of a ninth-inning jam in a 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals with Shohei Ohtani out.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • What follows moves from the raw repair-cost numbers, into the plan math, into who actually comes out ahead, and finally into the maintenance habits that shift the odds without eliminating them.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Now, smart underwear is making a case for paying closer attention to what comes out of your body.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the film, Llínas gets around, both literally and thematically.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The clever idea gets around the biggest hurdle of bringing back the Sons cast — most of the major characters were killed off during the course of the show.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Gets about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20about. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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