gets through

present tense third-person singular of get through

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets through Strangely enough, Porsha’s humor gets through to Luann, who listens to what the rest of the cast has to say about her and decides to take stock of her behavior and try to do better. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 That gives you another layer of protection if a convincing email or text gets through. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Somebody gets through the obvious ones (the feature set, the model input, the prediction). — Jeremy Samuelson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Loise, vibrant but tense, gets through her days by drinking wine. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Now going their separate ways has become a lighthearted race to see who gets through faster – and Maxson has actually won a few times. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Madeline Coleman\ Hamilton delivers, Leclerc gets through it Leclerc said before the race that this was one of the worst weekends of his career. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 24 May 2026 Fire investigators hope that the message gets through to residents, especially with the unseasonably warm and dry conditions across Colorado. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 Attorneys for Meta said the company discloses risks and makes efforts to weed out harmful content and experiences, while acknowledging that some bad material gets through its safety net. — Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets through
Verb
  • Proposition 45 arrives about a year after California lawmakers passed significant changes to CEQA.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • If your sales process makes a deadline sound easy but the work arrives late, customers remember.
    — Levi King, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Next, in comes Hegseth (Colin Jost), chugging a non-alcoholic beer.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The new partnership with Playboi Carti also comes amid changes to the shoe brand.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Entire neighborhoods were inundated and the drainage network swamped after over 12 inches of rain fell during two or three days last week, or nearly as much as the sprawling low-lying city usually gets in all of September.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
  • That’s a good chunk of the 8-12 inches the arid area of canyons and rocky expanses with little vegetation usually gets in a year.
    — Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The first image from the episode (see it above) shows Butters in what appears to be his backyard with the X-Pest exterminator guy, who has strapped on his tank of poison and has his sprayer wand at the ready.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The result is a snug and secure fit that almost molds to the foot and a sheeny, almost-iridescent finish that appears alien or as if it should be used for a superhero’s costume.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Gets through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20through. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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