as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely
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Recent Examples of get by
Rosemary Farm in Santa Maria, California, has struggled to get by as bird flu ravages poultry populations across the U.S., sickening and killing birds and causing egg prices to spike.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
One of the biggest gets by the museum in recent years were 51 photographs by the incredible photographer Robert Bergman.
—James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
Joey Logano gets by Corey LaJoie to lead once again!
—Alex Zietlow and, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2025
Some people don’t get by with their secrets and with evading the effects of those secrets.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
One of the biggest gets by the museum in recent years were 51 photographs by the incredible photographer Robert Bergman.
—James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
Joey Logano gets by Corey LaJoie to lead once again!
—Alex Zietlow and, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2025
Some people don’t get by with their secrets and with evading the effects of those secrets.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get by
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After a roll call where each reveals their imminent reprisal of fan-favorite Dimension 20 characters — including a Staten Island divorcee, a wisecracking pizza rat, and a drug dealer still coping from a breakup — the game begins.—
Eric Francisco,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump is obsessed with how California manages its water supply, demanding changes as one price of giving the state billions of dollars in aid to cope with Southern California’s deadly and destructive wildfires.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Brown revealed her new platinum blonde ‘do at the start of the month, before giving her locks their red carpet debut at Sunday’s 2025 SAG Awards.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Historic Fed Takeover Attempts Before getting into what presidents have done, start with the 1913 creation of the Federal Reserve by Congress through the Federal Reserve Act.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then at the 11-minute mark, Larkin got on the board on a second goal off Kiesel to take a 3-0 lead.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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As part of the city’s efforts, department officials are going door-to-door and leaving door hangers, pushing homeowners to get on board.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Orange County Register,
27 Feb. 2025
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But the two seemed to get along pretty well outside the pods.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
28 Feb. 2025
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With the exception of former Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval — the pair famously did not get along, as Stause is friends with Sandoval’s ex, Ariana Madix — none of the cast ever seriously considered Stause to possibly be a Traitor.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Netanyahu, for his part, managed to survive beyond both of those presidencies and is still very much on the political scene today.—
Tevi Troy,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Factoring in Trump’s uncertainty Fed policymakers manage uncertainty by trying to predict the different ways the economy could evolve in the coming months, based on economic models using a vast array of data.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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