getting at

Example Sentences

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That’s the biggest trick and, I believe, the one you are getting at with your “rose-tinted glasses” image.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 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

In all of this, he’s getting at something powerful but hard to quantify that we all perhaps have felt, if only briefly, at one time or another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Velia looked at her twin sister for validation, not grasping the full meaning of what I was getting at.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall