gets by

present tense third-person singular of get by

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets by Current and former employees swear Preller gets by on a few hours of sleep a night. Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile. John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025 Though Good Boy gets by for a while on the strength of its performances and the sheer oddness of its plot, the flimsiness of its characters drains the film of energy long before its 110 minutes are up. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 Emma Heming Willis gets by with a little help from her family. Ryan Coleman September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Briscoe gets by to take the lead once again, and the Legacy Motor Club duo of Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek run in third and fourth place, respectively. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 1 Sep. 2025 Neither would a grandparent who raises a grandkid and only gets by on Social Security. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets by
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Bernie also gets along well with other dogs.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Everyone gets along really well.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rarely does a 29-page scholarly paper merit the attention of top-level executives, but every business leader should be familiar with a recent study from OpenAI.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Another big sales behemoth, Walmart also does quite a bit to maintain discounts competitive with Prime Day deals across all categories.
    Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mannika trained as a sociologist at Columbia University and now manages product for tech companies.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 10 Oct. 2025
  • How Memphis manages this balance between security and trust may shape future debates over the role of the National Guard in American cities.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Annette Gordon-Reed’s The Hemingses of Monticello (2008) made Sally Hemings, from whom not a word survives, a figure crucial to understanding the workings of power in the early American republic.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Apart from the rare individual that survives and develops immunity, symptomatic deer will succumb to EHD within 36 hours.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Gets by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20by. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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