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Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting at
paying off
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For example, your goal may be paying off $20,000 in student loans over the next three years, or perhaps automatically saving $100 every week for a whole year.—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
7 Nov. 2025 -
The experiments were paying off.—
Katie Thornton,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Getting at.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20at. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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