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Recent Examples of get about The hospital gets about $300,000 a month in provider tax reimbursements, which Stansbury said is still only enough to break even. Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 9 July 2025 According to the American College of Sports Medicine, endurance athletes should aim to get about 300 to 600 milligrams of sodium per hour during long workouts. Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 5 July 2025 The city, which forecasters said typically gets about 3 inches of rain in June, was inundated with nearly 10 inches of rain the night of June 11 and into the morning of June 12. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 June 2025 Middle income households would receive about 13 percent, while the lowest income tax filers would get about 1 percent. Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for get about
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
Verb
  • Large media accounts like Pop Crave and Pop Base spread the incident to millions of followers on X, and social media posts have reported that the Astronomer CEO is the man in the video.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 July 2025
  • Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • Walnuts, almonds and pistachios constantly circulate the production facility, undergoing more than 16 hours of processing per batch before being shipped out in lightweight tin cans to retailers and consumers.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
  • For days, the message circulated on WhatsApp chats, warning of an imminent attack.
    Jacqueline Charles July 11, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • So, just recently, in – in the Midwest, that work by NOAA and the weather forecasting system and the labs helped give information about how to get out of the way of a tornado two hours in advance, not 15 minutes or 13 minutes, but two hours.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2025
  • Fried threw one more pitch, a changeup, to get out of the inning and then showed the Yankees the blister.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • Walmart $600 $400 (33% off) Best Buy $600 $400 (33% off) Segway Need a way to get around town quickly?
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
  • But parents can permit younger children to use the tools, and determined kids have been known to find ways to get around technical impediments.
    Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025

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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20about. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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