getting about

verb

present participle of get about
as in circulating
to become known it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

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Recent Examples of getting about With most students getting about $7,000 each, the program cost about $310 million in taxpayer funds this past school year. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026 The next year, Woodson set a UM record with 15 passes broken up and made first-team All-American, also getting about 10 plays a game on offense. — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 June 2026 Acton-Boxboro just could not get any time of possession, only getting about two minutes in the opening frame. — Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026 That comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CBS News that Ukraine is only getting about 60 to 65 interceptor missiles each month, given production constraints. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 Southern skies are predicted to get up to 60 meteors per hour, with the north getting about half that number. — Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026 Florida alone is getting about $100 million, and officials in Tennessee are wrapping up a project adding 125 parking spaces along Interstate 40. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 Most people benefit from getting about 20-35% of their calories from fat. — Jillian Kubala, Health, 11 Oct. 2025 Had the old formula been followed, residents would be getting about $3,800 each. — Becky Bohrer, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting about
  1. circulating
  2. spreading
  3. getting out
  4. coming out
  5. getting around
Verb
  • The team used a technique called metabolomics to measure small molecules circulating in the blood, providing a biochemical snapshot of how the astronauts' bodies — and the microbes living inside them — were responding to spaceflight.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Videos and photos circulating on social media show piles of rocks, chunks of concrete and rusted metal rods after waves removed layers of sand along the shoreline.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of circulating
Verb
  • The study is ongoing, but interim results found the treatment, Intismeran, met ​both its primary target of reducing cancer recurrence and its secondary ⁠goal of keeping cancers from spreading to other parts of the body.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Getty Images As wildfires sweep Europe and North America, falsehoods about their causes and the nature of climate change are spreading like, well, wildfire.
    — David Vetter, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of spreading
Verb
  • Oil is getting out of the strait – but the number is closer to 4 million barrels per day, according to JPMorgan.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • So, just getting out here, spreading the love of the game, and having some fun doing it.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of getting out
Verb
  • Wright said that on August 8, total oil coming out of the Gulf exceeded that 20-million-barrel mark.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of coming out
Verb
  • East Boston neighbors can't seem to avoid parking tickets after a litany of road closures makes getting around the neighborhood extremely difficult.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The dismissal was a legal maneuver aimed at getting around a deadline for starting new grand jury proceedings after Mayes lost an appeal earlier in June.
    — Jessica Hill, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of getting around

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“Getting about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20about. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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