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as in copes
to meet one's day-to-day needs
most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night
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as in progresses
to move forward along a course
the preparations for the party are getting along just fine
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Recent Examples of gets along
Bernie also gets along well with other dogs.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Everyone gets along really well.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This gentle soul loves to cuddle and gets along well with all dogs and people.
—Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The silky gel gets along with every curl type (our testers ranged from 2A to 3C), encasing spirals of all patterns in a pliable cast that helps keep them buoyant.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The only way this can work is if the boss is a nice guy and everyone gets along really well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Everyone gets along really well.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
This gentle soul loves to cuddle and gets along well with all dogs and people.
—Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The silky gel gets along with every curl type (our testers ranged from 2A to 3C), encasing spirals of all patterns in a pliable cast that helps keep them buoyant.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The only way this can work is if the boss is a nice guy and everyone gets along really well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets along
Verb
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Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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Healing does not look the same for everyone, and the way each person copes with distress can vary greatly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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As the book progresses, some of the children in the photographs are older and more in control of their outward expression, but scraps of strangeness or incongruity always peek through.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Many things can and will transpire as the season progresses.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Current and former employees swear Preller gets by on a few hours of sleep a night.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There’s a lot of stuff in the ocean, and marine debris tends to aggregate in the same places as does the whale sharks’ primary prey.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the bench does it more naturally, but the running didn’t stop when the starters were together.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Billy reluctantly goes along with it, while Mary, watching far away in Scotland, folds her disappointment up like laundry and gets on with business of waiting for her two friends to snap out of it.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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But Harold gets on famously with Duke William, at least until the Norman warlord decides to assert his claim to the English throne.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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But every once in a while, a moto comes along that's interesting enough to break through the noise.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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Granted, a lot of media coverage and a big personality comes along with Sanders, but his talent is real.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Arkansas Department of Human Services oversees SNAP, and the Arkansas Department of Health manages WIC.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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The teenager manages to skip around Carreras’ challenge, but the defensive pressure means Yamal runs straight into Orkun Kokcu’s tackle.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The speaker removes the bag from the face of the man kneeling before him, who then proceeds to flash a Hollywood smile and give an emphatic thumbs-up.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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It was announced last month that ticket sales from the visit of Israel would go to a humanitarian cause helping Palestinian people, and it was subsequently confirmed by the NFF that proceeds would be handed over to Doctors Without Borders, a non-governmental organisation working in Gaza.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Gets along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20along. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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