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getting

NOUN
the act of procuring
Synonyms
STRONG
appropriating assimilating capturing catching clutching confiscating earning gaining grasping mastering obtaining pursuing securing seizing snatching taking winning
Antonyms
WEAK
abandoning giving up losing refusal rejecting throwing off
NOUN
the act of changing
Synonyms
STRONG
accepting altering becoming growing succumbing
WEAK
submitting to
Antonyms
WEAK
abandoning giving up losing refusal rejecting throwing off

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Getting leaner was necessary in a down crypto market, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Getting serious again, Parton said that plastic surgeons can help take care of the body’s exterior, but “it’s serious business when you’re talking about internal medicine.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Getting in early with SpaceX and Anthropic “is a rare accomplishment,” Michael Ewens, a finance professor at Columbia Business School, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

Getting through the early rounds is important but nobody really plays their best in the early rounds.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Getting a degree was always really important to me, and I didn’t want being in here to change that.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

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