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as in to suffice
to be fitting or proper at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

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as in to lead
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the highway goes right along the river

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as in to become
to eventually have as a state or quality she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark

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as in to belong
to have or be in a usual or proper place these plates go in this cabinet

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as in to vary
to occur within a continuous range of variation selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

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as in to put
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

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go

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adjective

go

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Recent Examples of go
Verb
Again, questions to human resources went unanswered. Andrea Hsu, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025 The relatable parenting moment then went viral online after it was caught on the SEC Network's broadcast and shared to X. A number of X users reposted the video with their own comedic captions. Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
If the Cowboys opt for the poison preferred recently by Carolina, Evans — Tampa Bay’s career receiving yardage leader — could conduct a go-route clinic. Joey Knight, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2023 This is my new go-spring treat for sunny afternoons and porch-chair traveling. Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2021
Noun
Style the duo with a denim jacket and sensible sneakers for busy days on the go; or, turn it into the perfect brunch ‘fit with an open white button-down shirt and slingback heels. Emily Weaver, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Investors are eyeing smartphone-AI partnerships as a way for the technology to make it into the hands of consumers on the go every day. Hayden Field, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go
Verb
  • Another legal challenge to Trump's order brought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general in federal court in Massachusetts is proceeding separately, though the government has asked for that case to be moved to Washington, D.C., to be consolidated with the one before Kollar-Kotelly.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • That said, proceed with a little common sense here.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • Martinez moves well enough laterally to make defenders miss and bounce outside.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
  • In recent decades, the agency has continued boring tunnels where needed to move water.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • Modest adjustments and superficial concessions from trading partners will no longer suffice.
    Alan Beard, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
  • It was already known how to derive the Boltzmann equation from Newton’s laws on very short timescales, but that doesn’t suffice for Hilbert’s program, because real-world fluids can flow for any stretch of time.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • Cox and his team ensure each of their rentals (and their corresponding shower curtains) are clean and cared for.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The regulations sought to address transactions that resulted in artificial increases to the basis of property, thereby generating tax benefits without corresponding economic outlay.
    Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with 10 total nominations in eight categories.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The health secretary also hired David Geier, a figure previously criticized for treating autistic children with puberty-blocking drugs, to lead a federal study on the causes of autism.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • Not only are Van Dijk and Salah, who both signed two-year contract extensions this month, clearly good enough to continue competing at the highest level, but their off-field reach and influence are also becoming more valuable to the Liverpool brand.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The big question is whether Whop can become the definitive infrastructure for the creator economy in the way Shopify has for e-commerce.
    Ethan Stone, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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  • The game had barely started when Bentaleb abruptly stopped running, sat down and then collapsed on the ground.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But, as ballots were being counted, government authorities announced that the electoral system had collapsed.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Taking place at noon, the panel will feature authors Emily St. James, Rax Will, Daniel Lavery and Zee Carlstrom, who will talk about their work that navigates questions of gender, identity and belonging in an often hostile and ever-evolving world.
    Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Donald Arthur Mattingly belongs in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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