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to become the father of Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son

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to eventually have as a state or quality it's going to get colder as winter approaches

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get

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noun

as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant in some animal species, a new mate will refuse to raise another male's get

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got

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verb (2)

past tense of get
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to become the father of Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son

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Recent Examples of get
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Erling Haaland is the latest athlete to get his own Breitling watch collaboration. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 July 2025 The family featured on this spring's TLC reality series The Baldwins, where Alec and Hilaria often peel back the curtain and get candid about their relationship. Jack Smart, People.com, 31 July 2025
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At the right price, around $3.5 million, Smith is a worthwhile get for a team in need of defensive stability. Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 17 June 2025 On top that, Nintendo has fostered a massive platform for indie games that helped bolster its profile in recent years, even securing the incredible get of Hades II as a console exclusive for a limited time. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for get
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get
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  • Similar to seahorses, male pipefish give birth to offspring.
    Lauren Liebhaber July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
  • That gene is then passed down to offspring at a higher-than-normal rate, gradually reducing the population’s ability to reproduce.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 8 July 2025
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  • The hanging fruits had been emblazoned with the letters of the Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.
    Veronica Hilbring, Essence.com, 11 July 2017
  • My feeling is generally in the case of summer fruit pies, if things are in season and at their peak bounty, why be skimpy?
    Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit, 8 July 2017
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  • Because carrot seeds are tiny, which makes proper spacing challenging, seed companies also sell pelleted carrots.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2025
  • These outliers are the seeds of the future, but are rarely captured in big data.
    Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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  • In February, officials did not respond to The Enquirer’s questions about a family who said the hospital wouldn’t put their 12-year-old daughter on its heart transplant waiting list because of her vaccination status.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 25 July 2025
  • Twin Pines history The Janssen family said that Twin Pines started after World War II, and its first deliveries were made by horse and buggy.
    Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
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  • The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and Elmore County paramedics responded to a call at 1:47 p.m. Saturday about an object piercing a windshield and injuring a child, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news release.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2025
  • Around this time, a person broke a window and successfully rescued a child from the home while flames began to spread, police said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025

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