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get

[get] / gɛt /






VERB
contact for communication
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




VERB
produce offspring
Synonyms
Antonyms




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Children need positive discipline and they need, they need to be able to de-escalate when things get stressful.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“He wants to get cranking again,” Roberts said, “but the doctors just aren’t allowing it and the body is not allowing for it right now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

"Even if you don't know anything about basketball, you kind of get into that atmosphere, that vibe. People go crazy, basically."

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

“We get jobs with meager wages in factories and companies, but those jobs are so torturous and stressful that we don’t want to work.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

By layering and connecting billions of neurons, you get a brain.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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