- present participle of get.
getting
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Household heating-oil fuel tanks hold about 275 gallons, with a medium-sized home getting around three deliveries of 200 gallons each per year, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
The “very strong” El Niño of 2015-16 was a dry one for Southern California, with downtown L.A. getting only half its annual rainfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
So it’s understandable they would need to recharge by getting away from Washington from time to time.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
This intersects with the AI debate in a way I think the world is getting wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
It seemed to me that we had never had so many callers: the dining room was getting crowded.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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