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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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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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Erik Thommy could not get to the rebound in time to take advantage of an empty net, and his shot was blocked by a defender out for a corner kick. Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025 Her passion spread more during the pandemic when some things were hard to get so Quigley began growing her own lettuce. Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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This is a huge get for a team that already has several All-Pro players. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Osaka’s Labubus at Flushing Meadows have sported varying color schemes and nicknames, all decked out with shiny get-ups. Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Riddley confirmed that development only got underway recently which explains why the park still has a wide opening window. Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Alaïa’s collection got its first major show in 2023 at the Palais Galliera, the Paris fashion museum that Saillard headed from 2010 to early 2018. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get
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  • But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And the fact that Lucian had so many offspring, Bella told me, can be explained, at least to some extent, by his youthful partners’ intentionality.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Most humans today, including most readers of this article, get a significant portion of their calories from carbohydrates — grains, tubers, legumes and fruits.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid adding smelly meats, fruit rinds or other sweet-smelling food scraps to your compost.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Jordan Love and the offense scored on their first three possessions, and from there the Packers bullied a Lions team that won 14 games and earned the NFC’s top seed last year.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Turmeric makes things yellow; beets produce red; a seed called annatto can give orange; blue can come from spirulina, an algae.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • The typical price of a single-family home in the United States is about $368,000, jumping roughly 13% over the past 5 years and 38% over the last decade, the ABC News data team found.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • No one who celebrates the loss of human life should be anywhere near children.
    Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Hence children who develop strong foundational skills early are better equipped to use AI tools beneficially later.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

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