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as in to suffice
to be fitting or proper at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

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as in to lead
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the highway goes right along the river

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as in to become
to eventually have as a state or quality she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark

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as in to belong
to have or be in a usual or proper place these plates go in this cabinet

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as in to vary
to occur within a continuous range of variation selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

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as in to put
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

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go

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adjective

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Recent Examples of go
Verb
Trump himself has gone all in on the crypto industry of late—even releasing his own memecoin, $TRUMP. Ben Walsh, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025 There are plenty of non-maternity options on the market that could work around a bump: any of the looser silhouettes or anything with an elastic or tie waistband could easily go below a bump and continue to inch further down as the months go on. Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
If the Cowboys opt for the poison preferred recently by Carolina, Evans — Tampa Bay’s career receiving yardage leader — could conduct a go-route clinic. Joey Knight, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2023 This is my new go-spring treat for sunny afternoons and porch-chair traveling. Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2021
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Both of those conditions are likely to come up with a gaming device meant for playing on the go. Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025 Paywall-free reading of new articles and over a century of archives Six issues a year in print and online, plus audio articles Unlock access to the Foreign Affairs app for reading on the go Already a subscriber? Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go
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Verb
  • Strategic work can proceed in teams as organizations gain better reliability when moving from fire-response tactics to proactive risk mitigation.
    Sai Sandeep Ogety, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Their suspicions ended up being warranted, as the ever-elusive rapper proceeded to delay the record for more than a year despite pre-orders, merch, and numerous festival appearances.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • Re-signing two of their own free agents, defensive tackle Kevin Givens and running back Patrick Taylor Jr., to one-year deals didn’t move the enthusiasm needle much, either.
    Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • This requires a fundamental redefinition of the sales process, moving away from a purely transactional model toward a more engaging, collaborative and impactful approach.
    Drew Gurley, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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  • With nearly 37 million working-age adults holding some college credit but no degree, and many graduates struggling with debt, incremental changes won't suffice.
    Alison Griffin, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But suffice to say, extensive inactivity — particularly sitting at a desk, which presents unique biomechanical challenges because the knees and hips are positioned at unnatural 90-degree angles — is really, really bad for you.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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  • Under Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Space Force has defined a highly effective strategy; corresponding operational concepts and technologies; and a new training regimen to ensure U.S. equities in space are secured.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The equation no longer corresponds to a Turing machine that computes perfect squares—and, more generally, the Diophantine equations can no longer encode the halting problem.
    Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
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  • Listen: The Five Eyes have noticed Hanging over the rapid dissolution of these old relationships is the question of who would lead in the United States’ absence.
    Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Typically, the bike troops lead an assault, speeding into new positions to secure safe lodgments for follow-on forces including increasingly precious tanks and other armored vehicles.
    David Axe, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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  • Could Timothée Chalamet become the youngest person to be named best actor?
    THR Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The extended aging has added a rich, layered complexity, with oak, cinnamon, and clove spices becoming more prominent as the whisky opens.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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  • In 2021, more than 200 people died after part of a glacier collapsed in Uttarakhand, carrying a deadly mixture of ice, rock and water that tore through a mountain gorge and crashed through a dam.
    Kathleen Magramo and Esha Mitra, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But three days later, the Chillicothe, Ohio, girl collapsed while using the bathroom at 4 am.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • Advocate for policies supporting mental health, such as flexible work arrangements, mental health days, and diversity and inclusion initiatives prioritizing equity and belonging.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and local reports.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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