as in retrieving
to get again in one's possession
the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog
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Recent Examples of getting back
After the winter storm that swept across Texas this past weekend left many cars covered in ice, some drivers may be wondering how to clear their vehicles safely before getting back on the road.
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Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Both Michigan and Michigan State basketball won in different ways last night, with the Spartans trying some new things and the Wolverines getting back to basics.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Tell Me Lies season 3 sees Lucy and Stephen getting back together, which is definitely bad.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford are getting back into their therapist chairs for Shrinking’s third season.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
There’s a process to getting back on track.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
That was a time, like this one, when Juventus were making mistakes in the pursuit of getting back to the top, even with legends like Gigi Buffon and Alex Del Piero in the team, and the likes of Chiellini and Claudio Marchisio beginning to emerge.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
What’s most important is getting back up and starting again.
—Essence, 8 Oct. 2025
Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Both Michigan and Michigan State basketball won in different ways last night, with the Spartans trying some new things and the Wolverines getting back to basics.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Tell Me Lies season 3 sees Lucy and Stephen getting back together, which is definitely bad.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford are getting back into their therapist chairs for Shrinking’s third season.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
There’s a process to getting back on track.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
That was a time, like this one, when Juventus were making mistakes in the pursuit of getting back to the top, even with legends like Gigi Buffon and Alex Del Piero in the team, and the likes of Chiellini and Claudio Marchisio beginning to emerge.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
What’s most important is getting back up and starting again.
—Essence, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting back
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Indiana is preparing to work with private industry to determine the feasibility of retrieving rare earth elements from its legacy coal byproducts.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Another agent, wearing a grey jacket, can be seen from some camera angles reaching into the scrum of other officers and retrieving a weapon that seems to match the firearm the DHS says Pretti possessed.—
Thomas Bordeaux,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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That includes 15 Democrats, who are leaving despite their party’s increasing odds of recapturing the House next November.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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After recapturing Jerusalem’s holy temple, which had been defiled by the occupiers, the Maccabees searched for pure oil to light the menorah.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Dec. 2025
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The pit bull was recovering as of Thursday.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The priority became recovering the bodies and the personal belongings and returning them to their families while gathering evidence for crash investigators.—
Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Getting back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20back. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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