gets across

present tense third-person singular of get across

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets across
Verb
  • In between bites, Echols explains where his love of burgers came from.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Juliana Vanegas, a marine biologist who works with Alvarado, explains what happens.
    John Otis, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This ruling comes amid broader debates in the United States over the future of TPS, a humanitarian immigration program, and illustrates the judiciary’s influential role in shaping national immigration policy.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Shot on location surrounded by her horses, the campaign illustrates elevated pieces designed for today’s modern wardrobe, and shows Springsteen in her truest from.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Proposition 411 clarifies the city manager’s role.
    Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The script never changed, Cregger clarifies.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the trailer demonstrates, Olympia's knowledge of Matty's own deceptions gives her ample leverage.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The FlyingToolbox demonstrates how drones can move beyond simple inspection or filming roles to perform real aerial work.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But a chat message from Washington to a colleague, released to KUOW and ProPublica last week through a public records request, spells out additional reasons for turning down Daugaard’s proposal.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • One of the highest annual tides of the year is on Wednesday, and the offshore winds blown in from this disturbance, plus all of the rain, likely spells out more flooding for South Floridians.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The upright positioning also simplifies maintenance by leaving walkable space between panel rows.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This greatly simplifies the PuDo problem as well, though these areas often have very congested traffic.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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