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as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night
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as in to progress
to move forward along a course
the preparations for the party are getting along just fine
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Recent Examples of get along
Nicholas Elliott Sometimes, the best way to demonstrate your interpreter bona fides is by getting along with a filmmaker who’s notorious for being difficult.
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
My family got along with her fine.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Ava has a very easy personality to get along with.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
He was known as a role model, with a positive personality, and got along with anybody.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
My family got along with her fine.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Ava has a very easy personality to get along with.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
He was known as a role model, with a positive personality, and got along with anybody.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get along
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Those struggles can manifest in a range of ways, McClanahan said, from finding new coping mechanisms to replace food to ongoing body image concerns, even after weight loss.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
14 May 2026
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Hostages found ways to cope with the possibility of being assaulted.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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As the novel progresses, the two tracks collide in unexpected ways.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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As the disease progresses, symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, rash, organ dysfunction and sometimes internal or external bleeding, the WHO said.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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The advantage that Republicans might hope to obtain by this November, could, hypothetically, grow even more if the Democrats did nothing before 2028.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Isn’t that what a team captain would do?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Then carefully consider the application and placement of your bait before proceeding.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
17 May 2026
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Bruce withstands the fire zone long enough for the cash extraction to be completed, allowing the team to proceed with the second phase of the plan.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
15 May 2026
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Morgan is also tasked with helping employees, like Calandrino, who is a mother of six, get by with reduced tips.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Isbel took third on his hit when the ball got by right fielder Wenceel Pérez for a two-base error.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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The Rangers were marching toward that goal when conflict bubbled back to the surface.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The White River band of the Utes, in northwest Colorado, and the Uncompahgre Utes, in west-central Colorado, were force-marched out of Colorado in Utah in 1881.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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This was the same stuff people could get on podcasts and YouTube vignettes.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Rivr Media, the company behind HGTV series Fixer to Fabulous, is getting on board the vertical video trend.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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And then all of a sudden, here comes Miranda Lambert in her little pink hat.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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The existing political infrastructure has no way of accommodating migration on the coming scale, which will evacuate departure economies, and overwhelm destination societies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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“Get along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20along. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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