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to become the father of Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son

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as in to become
to eventually have as a state or quality it's going to get colder as winter approaches

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get

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noun

as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant in some animal species, a new mate will refuse to raise another male's get

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got

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verb (2)

past tense of get
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to become the father of Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son

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Recent Examples of get
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Not to mention the risks, more broadly, of getting consistently poor quality or insufficient sleep, like brain fog, mental-health issues, and a not-so-effective immune system, for starters. Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 June 2025 The Target jokes stopped being funny when, in 2023, right-wing social-media attacks on its Pride collection got so bad that the company pulled some of the items from its stores, citing threats to employees. Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
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Stranger Things‘ Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp and Gaten Matarazzo, each of them now very much adults, were followed by Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd and Teyana Taylor (Tyler Perry’s Straw), the entire cast of Nobody Wants This and, one of the more impressive gets of the week, Charlize Theron. Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025 Standout Arizona safety Gunner Maldonado (175 career tackles) was a big get. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for get
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get
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  • Others like Bill Gates, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Guy Fieri aren’t being so generous with their offspring.
    Ani Freedman, Fortune, 20 June 2025
  • In the new film from Warner Bros. and Legendary, the pair are set to play Leto II and Ghanima, the twin offspring of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya), born after the events of the original Frank Herbert novel.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 June 2025
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  • The hanging fruits had been emblazoned with the letters of the Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.
    Veronica Hilbring, Essence.com, 11 July 2017
  • My feeling is generally in the case of summer fruit pies, if things are in season and at their peak bounty, why be skimpy?
    Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit, 8 July 2017
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  • Following successful capital raises, the company has recently secured a further £1.5 million ($2 million) in seed funding from SFC Capital and Founders Capital in a round led by Coterie Holdings, who own fine wine merchants such as Lay & Wheeler and Hallgarten & Novum wines.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • The Kings won 48 games under former coach Mike Brown to secure the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, ending the longest playoff drought in NBA history after 16 consecutive losing seasons.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
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  • However, six yeshivas received notifications from the state Education Department earlier this year instructing families to find other ways of educating their children and cutting off the schools’ public funding.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
  • Giving way Construction of a KB Home single family housing development is shown in Menifee, California, U.S., September 4, 2024.
    Sara Salinas, CNBC, 18 June 2025
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  • He was hired to perform an autopsy on the child, who died while Ross was in delivery.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • Being a child, over 65 or pregnant puts you at greater risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
    Joel Shannon, USA Today, 21 June 2025

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