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
Tell Me Lies season 3 sees Lucy and Stephen getting back together, which is definitely bad.
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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
That’s just rebalancing, not even getting back to what your natural state is.
—Monique Wilson, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
Briney’s Conrad and Belly getting back together, Briney is now in another love triangle — but this time for an audio erotica series.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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
That’s just rebalancing, not even getting back to what your natural state is.
—Monique Wilson, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
Briney’s Conrad and Belly getting back together, Briney is now in another love triangle — but this time for an audio erotica series.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting back
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The match lasted only 37 minutes, and would have been even shorter if not for the time Schaedel spent retrieving balls that Abdelkader had missed, or had failed to knock back over the net when points finished.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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After a rehearsal at the venue, management allegedly spent hours retrieving the bag.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
1 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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At tackle, Ben Taylor-Whitfield returns at right tackle, but who will man the left side with Ryan Hughes recovering from a season-ending injury?—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Jan. 2026
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If the recovering addicts’ primary task was to filter out women who wouldn’t qualify to sue—namely, those who didn’t have pelvic mesh or who did but weren’t in pain—Blake’s was to amp up the value of their lawsuits (and attorneys’ fees) by convincing them to have their mesh surgically removed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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