How to Use get about in a Sentence

get about

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• In captivity, the boas can live up to 20 to 30 years and get about two to three feet long.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• The movement has been the main driver in getting about a dozen new state laws passed over the past four years.
  — Rob Kuznia, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• That means for every pound of turkey, guests will get about eight to nine ounces of meat.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 23 July 2023
• The firm estimates Coinbase will get about 35% of that.
  — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
• Right now, Phoenix is only getting about 36 points per game from beyond the arc.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
• Experts advise that adults get about seven to nine hours of sleep per night.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
• For example, last year, $1 USD could get about 110 yen.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
• This allows both hemispheres to get about equal amounts of sunlight.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• And although the utility gets about 20% of its power from coal plants, all of them are in other states.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Rush said most of the complaints the city gets about the scooters are that they are poorly parked and obstructing sidewalks.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The city gets about $120 million per year in franchise fees from the cable companies, SDG&E and trash haulers.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• Carman is in line to get about $7 million of the estate, as his mother’s only heir.
  — Lisa Rathke, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2022
• Evenly divide the batter between the two pans — each pan should get about 360 grams of batter.
  — Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
• The recipient of the least run support in the majors last season, Webb got about a month’s worth of scoring in one start.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
• Districts that were at least 80% Black got about a quarter of the money those with few Black students received.
  — Chris Hacker, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
• And the Army gets about half of its recruits from that shrinking population.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• Orange County will see about a half-inch of rain, and San Diego County should get about three-quarters on an inch.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
• Dogs between four months and two years old should get about 30 minutes of exercise per day.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• From the law, Amtrak will get about $66 billion in new investments, according to the White House.
  — Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
• Investment banks usually get about a 1% to 3% cut of the value of a merger deal, which is split among all the banks involved.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
• Detective Blanke said his office still gets about one or two tips a month on Father Kunz’s case.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
• The more serious Netflix will get about shaking down the freeloaders.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 18 July 2022
• Snow fell unevenly across Milwaukee The city's east side got about half the amount of snow as the west side, Kruschke told the committee.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
• In reality, when the dust settled, Trump got about 51 percent in Iowa.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
• The scenic mountain range north of Hollywood and Westwood was also hit hard: Bel-Air got about 14 inches of rain.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Concord visitors and residents have a new way to get about town.
  — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• For getting about Paris, the Citymapper app seems to have the most up-to-date information on traffic and subway schedules.
  — Xiaofei Xu, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
• Evenly divide the pudding among four 8-ounce ramekins or coffee mugs (each dish should get about 3/4 cup of pudding) and cover each with small saucers.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
• To really save time, get about 3 cups broccoli florets from a salad bar.
  — Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• On average, Americans get about three weeks (15 days) to use each year, but only take 13.
  — Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024