get by
Example Sentences
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But then I also think to myself: Well, the reason you go to see a live show is because you’re getting something more than you get by just putting a record on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Stocks’ yield, which you get by flipping that ratio, is therefore near the lowest ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Exports are picking up as businesses explore new ways to get by with US free trade still restricted in several sectors, Macklem said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The things Lindsey Graham must have told himself to get by are many.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Our true believers passed on, or stopped believing, and we were left, lost and scared and dispossessed, to get by on what little smidgens of worship or belief we could find.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
