as in spreads
to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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Recent Examples of gets about
Continue to water the lawn two times a week for 30 minutes or provide enough to supplement any rainfall so the lawn gets about 1 ½ inches.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Geographically, Qnity gets about 13% of its sales from the Americas, 8% from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), 34% from China, and the remaining roughly 45% from the rest of Asia.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
The group visited France, which gets about 70% of its electricity from nuclear power.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Spain, one of Europe's front runners in renewable energy, gets about 46% of its power from solar and wind, according to the think tank Ember— sometimes more than 70%.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Applied Materials gets about 25% of its sales in China.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
And increased audiences would mean higher ad rates, which would help pay for the show (the TV Academy gets about $8 million a year for its license fee, split among the four networks).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Starlink gets about $9 million for 5,400 locations.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
China gets about 20 percent of its soybeans from the United States.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Geographically, Qnity gets about 13% of its sales from the Americas, 8% from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), 34% from China, and the remaining roughly 45% from the rest of Asia.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
The group visited France, which gets about 70% of its electricity from nuclear power.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Spain, one of Europe's front runners in renewable energy, gets about 46% of its power from solar and wind, according to the think tank Ember— sometimes more than 70%.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Applied Materials gets about 25% of its sales in China.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
And increased audiences would mean higher ad rates, which would help pay for the show (the TV Academy gets about $8 million a year for its license fee, split among the four networks).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Starlink gets about $9 million for 5,400 locations.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
China gets about 20 percent of its soybeans from the United States.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets about
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Then there's the way the virus spreads.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Celebrity guest Jonathan Groff spreads good cheer, pairing up with contestants to compete against Fallon and his teammate in a festive edition of the iconic celebrity word game.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Similar alarms are ringing for ocean currents, where freshwater ice melt is slowing down a major marine highway that circulates heat, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC.—
Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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Once the washing is done, the drying system circulates warm air – 110 °F (43 °C) – through carpet fibers, drying up to 400 sq ft of carpet in around two hours.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda gets out of a Tesla Motor’s Roadster electric car with Tesla Motors Chief Exective Officer Elon Musk (behind car) upon their arrival at a news conference in Tokyo November 12, 2010.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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This standoff goes on for almost 10 minutes before the driver finally gets out and is escorted away.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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As Heather and Whitney hang out in their room, Whitney points out that anytime Lisa’s mad at someone, information on that person subsequently comes out.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Get more East Valley news straight into your email inbox by signing up for our free weekly East Valley Newsletter, which comes out on Wednesdays.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Soon enough, word gets around that a mysterious missile has been launched from the Pacific Ocean and the realization of the consequences set in, especially when it’s determined that the thing is hitting a city in a matter of 18 minutes.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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This approach gets around certain plasma confinement challenges faced by tokamaks, which arise from variations in magnetic coil density around the toroidal ring.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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