as in to spread
to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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According to the map, Hartford and the surrounding areas got about three inches of snow in the last 48 hours.
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Someone eating roughly 2,000 calories per day should aim to get about 28 grams of fiber daily.154
Potential Side Effects
Increasing fiber intake is generally safe for most people.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 30 Jan. 2025
According to a June 2024 TikTok from Maggie, doctors were able to get about 98% of the tumor.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
For instance, my sister, who is driving a 2017 Ford Focus Electric, is only getting about 80 miles of range in the freezing cold with its resistive heaters off and only about 50 with it on.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Someone eating roughly 2,000 calories per day should aim to get about 28 grams of fiber daily.154
Potential Side Effects
Increasing fiber intake is generally safe for most people.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 30 Jan. 2025
According to a June 2024 TikTok from Maggie, doctors were able to get about 98% of the tumor.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
For instance, my sister, who is driving a 2017 Ford Focus Electric, is only getting about 80 miles of range in the freezing cold with its resistive heaters off and only about 50 with it on.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
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The search for nationhood spread far and wide, becoming a central organizing principle of the world and one of its most potent political ideologies.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Waves would eventually have spread that resulting sediment along the shore, forming a beach that'd have been strikingly familiar to us.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The image also circulated on X, Instagram and elsewhere on Facebook.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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When the heart is weakened, blood and oxygen can't effectively circulate throughout the body, resulting in the symptoms.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2025
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When the victim got out to take a photo of the driver, Angstadt became enraged, hit the gas pedal and sped toward him, police said.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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In Benin, a program brought together farmer and pastoralist communities to spread the word about looming dry spells because drought meant herders would sometimes bring their animals to graze on other people’s farms, and conflicts would get out of hand.—
Somini Sengupta,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Staff members haven't gotten around to removing a 2009 plaque near the entrance that honored museum benefactors who have since been indicted or imprisoned on charges related to the looting trade.—
Mike Ives,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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At $2,000, this is an expensive machine—there’s no getting around that.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appétit,
19 Feb. 2025
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