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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets at
pays off
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Not only is her delivery hilarious, but having Forest Whitaker’s daughter play an unabashed Hollywood nepo baby is a sly bit of meta casting that pays off big time here.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025 -
Shopping discount/manager markdowns pays off Becky Shotts, 29, of Chattanooga, Tennessee has found savings by looking for discount markdowns by managers at her grocery store.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Gets at.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20at. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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