How to Use onto something in a Sentence
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These shoppers are clearly onto something with Boody’s Smoothing Shorts.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 17 June 2024
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The public began to sense that Mr. Birinyi was onto something in the 1990s.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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Cynthia is onto something; there’s a ton of advice out there for the best way to freeze lemons and limes.
—Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
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The legendary agent may not have replied, but Fledgy-poo was onto something.
—Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
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Clearly, the Egyptian queens were onto something with their soap paste made of clay and olive oil.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Apr. 2022
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The Romans were onto something, as the midday slump seems to roll in like clockwork at around 3 p.m.
—Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 28 June 2023
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The lunatics who follow QAnon may just be onto something, in other words: The truth is out there.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
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Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.
—Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 10 July 2023
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Who knows, Stewart might just be onto something here and this whisky could turn out to be the sexiest thing about him.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2023
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Perhaps Tom Cruise and James Cameron were onto something.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
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Medvedev was onto something about the courts at Indian Wells.
—Helmuth Rosales, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
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The tee was onto something: e-bikes are the top-selling electric vehicle in the United States.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
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Whoever first said that distance makes the heart grow fonder might have been onto something.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
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Sarah might be onto something about the dopamine hit or just general parental boredom.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
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The Little Engine that Could, in other words, was onto something.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2022
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If anything, their over-the-top opposition proves the kids are onto something.
—Omid Malekan, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
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There’s reason, though, to think Zajitschek and his colleagues might be onto something.
—Saima May Sidik, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2022
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Your late mother was onto something about people in their mid-20s.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
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Your late-mother was onto something about people in their mid-20′s.
—Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
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Your late-mother was onto something about people in their mid-20’s.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
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And competitors, like Sunkist, know the Resnicks are onto something, and are already trying to churn out their own versions.
—Laura Smythe, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
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Stand with the balls of your feet on a block a few inches off the ground, holding onto something for support, but keeping the majority of your weight in the balls of your feet.
—David Otey, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
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Bill Burr is onto something about how the new culture of control messes with the heads of ordinary people.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
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Rihanna’s clearly onto something with the leather-on-leather styling.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
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Your grandparents were onto something with those early-bird dinners: The best time to eat the evening meal is four hours before bedtime.
—Julie Jargon, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
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The other day an acquaintance turned me onto something called the Beer & Brewing podcast, and I’ve since been schooled on the nuances of chillers in beer production.
—Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
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Turns out, the TikTokers may be onto something − and red light has been on dermatologists' radars for a while.
—USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
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The animal appears to be holding onto something and bopping along with the current.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
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Maybe these early adopters are onto something after all.
—Cassandra Hogan, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023
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With nearly everyone healthy, Vogel may be onto something here with the rotation with room and options to tweak and change.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
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