as in realizing
to come to an awareness of
by the time the CIA got on to the terrorist plot, it was already in progress
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting on (to)
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The minister noted that while many MOUs have been signed with countries including France, Japan and South Korea, realizing actual collaborations takes years of negotiation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025 -
The two were part of a group quail hunting at a ranch in Texas when Cheney fired at a covey of quail, not realizing Whittington, who stayed behind to collect shot birds, had approached.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors closed a local diner, a Vietnamese restaurant and a boba tea shop after discovering over dozens of German cockroaches and other food safety violations.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Themes of self-acceptance, discovering one’s true potential, the power of friendship, and embracing the unknown are all wrapped in a quirky, adventurous comedy.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Admittedly, this may delight a curious gardener who enjoys seeing what novelties a volunteer plant can produce.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Added to the trauma of grief and sudden eviction under threat of reprisal, Adelaida has to endure seeing the sacred mementos of her mother’s life trashed by the thuggish new squatters.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Expect to continue hearing a lot of rumors about the Cowboys in the coming days.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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By hearing the results of their entangled choices, users can gain a more concrete and intuitive grasp of these concepts.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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For example, when a manager gives feedback to a team member, Cisco's learning platform will combine that feedback with other data points, such as the employee's skills profile, to generate personalized learning recommendations.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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After all avenues have been exhausted for finding out who these people are, the chief medical examiner of Alexandroupoli calls the chief imam of Sidiro, which is a Muslim Greek village.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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De Pablo and Weatherly then reunited for the Paramount+ spinoff, which sees their characters on the run across Europe after finding out that someone is targeting them and their daughter.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Getting on (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20on%20%28to%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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