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Example Sentences
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Plank responded by saying that she "thought maybe things had gotten better", and that it was "astounding they have gotten away with so much".
From BBC
“The place went crazy. Well, they still haven’t gotten their permits.”
From Los Angeles Times
He should have gotten A plus, but Miss Kemp made him do the whole paper over.
From Literature
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Cignetti’s gotten a lot of attention for his bravado and his menacing sideline presence, in which he paces and stares like a customer who thinks the butcher’s hiding the best T-bones.
Sliding barn doors have gotten more popular, but they can be unreliable closers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.