getting

present participle of get
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as in producing
to become the father of Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of getting Portable Charger There’s nothing worse than getting halfway through a long sightseeing day and realizing that your phone is on its last leg. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025 This time of the year, your yard might be getting visits that are scary and creepy. Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025 Eric Lauer closed out the game for Toronto, getting Dodgers star Mookie Betts to strike out. Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025 After getting to the ring to call for an opponent, fans received a surprise. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025 But tight ends started getting better and more specialized as pass catchers in the collegiate ranks. Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 Reconciliation is as natural as conflict — but pacifism, or being completely unwilling to defend yourself, while aiming for peace as an end, provides no means of getting there. Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025 Doing multi-disciplinary work, getting biology to work well with software, and hardware to work with software. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025 In the clip, the teenager can be seen standing with her mom before getting her teeth put in as Abraham poses behind her. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting
Verb
  • From canning tomatoes to mastering yeast rises, these culinary arts combine utility with pleasure.
    Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Waiting almost guarantees you’ll be left behind by competitors who are already mastering a technology that will create order-of-magnitude shifts in business models.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Since posting, Watt’s video has gone viral, even catching the attention of the Live Like Maddie Foundation, which thanked her for capturing the magic and shared her clip to help promote next year’s event.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Filmmaking is catching inspiration on the wing.
    Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Unlike many recycling approaches, this method works across multiple plastics and even mixtures, producing gram-scale yields that point to real-world feasibility, as per the release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The humanities program will work with the arts board's Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program to train master and apprentice Wisconsin folk artists in planning and producing public programs that showcase and contextualize cultural traditions, stories and histories.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • That could help with a key goal of the new transit line — persuading people who commute by car to give a more comfortable bus experience a try.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Despite a recent plan to overhaul California’s strict insurance regulations in hopes of persuading carriers to expand coverage in fire-risk areas, many homeowners have yet to see any immediate changes.
    Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • Rutgers-Eagleton’s mid-October survey mirrored that trend, finding 42 percent of voters viewed Sherrill favorably and 45 percent unfavorably, while Ciattarelli’s numbers were 41 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And with 23andMe filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, her chances of finding any additional siblings may be dwindling.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Co-worker bugging you during heads down time?
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Even Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI—the world’s most valuable private company—recently echoed that sentiment after becoming a father.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, the storage area has ventilation holes to keep items from becoming musty.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • Until this year, people with lower incomes — earning up to about 150% of the federal poverty level, or roughly $23,500 for an individual — could sign up for ACA coverage at any time, not just during open enrollment.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Those annual wages may be used as part of the 35 highest-earning years the Social Security Administration uses to calculate your retirement benefits, Valega said.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Getting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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