getting at
Example Sentences
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When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2016, I started getting at least one inquiry a week from friends and acquaintances who were also expecting.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
What the novelist is getting at here resonates far beyond a single celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
“We’re getting at the cost structures through the organization to be able to address that, and that’s because of the AI initiatives we’re putting forward,” DeVeydt said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Not what they came for, not what they needed, but it was more than they thought they were getting at the break.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
I was able to deduce from their body language that they had made up and this made me pleased because it showed how much better I was getting at reading body language.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
