as in arrives
to get to a destination
we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall
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Recent Examples of gets through
Fire investigators hope that the message gets through to residents, especially with the unseasonably warm and dry conditions across Colorado.
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Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
As The Pitt gets through another shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center during Season 2, the show is preparing to tackle immigration amid a crucial time.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2026
The conference is still likely in the driver’s seat as long as the champ gets through with two or fewer total losses, but that is anything but a guarantee.
—Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
That criminal is back on the street before the officer gets through doing the paperwork.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
No one gets through a serious illness by themselves.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Yes, Google filters out huge volumes of such trash, but a vast amount still gets through.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
As The Pitt gets through another shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center during Season 2, the show is preparing to tackle immigration amid a crucial time.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2026
The conference is still likely in the driver’s seat as long as the champ gets through with two or fewer total losses, but that is anything but a guarantee.
—Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
That criminal is back on the street before the officer gets through doing the paperwork.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
No one gets through a serious illness by themselves.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Yes, Google filters out huge volumes of such trash, but a vast amount still gets through.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets through
Verb
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Complications arise only when the world arrives on their doorstep.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
6 May 2026
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The Inhalatorium, the feature-length animation debut by director and animator Bára Anna Stejskalová, follows a 13-year-old girl who arrives at a mountain sanatorium to treat her asthma.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
Verb
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November 22 – December 21 A choice today quietly shapes what comes next.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
5 May 2026
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The endorsement comes as ballots have begun arriving in Californians’ mailboxes at a critical moment in the race to lead the nation’s second-largest city.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Lookman gets in again shortly after but slips over when racing into the box.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Maya Hawke grabs her guitar and gets in front of the mic at the SiriusXM Studios in New York City on April 13.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The stabbing of two men in a Jewish neighborhood in London appears to be the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the American-Israeli war against Iran, in late February.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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After months of allowing customers to openly carry guns in its Florida stores, Publix appears to have changed its policy.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2026
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“Gets through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20through. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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