- past participle of get.
gotten
Example Sentences
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Conditions have reportedly gotten particularly dire aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea since last year.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Even though Europe's problems have only gotten worse with this summer's abnormally hot temperatures, drying rivers and further disrupting transport within the continent, earnings expectations for Stoxx 600 companies keep rising!"
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
And, as hiring managers have gotten better at catching them, the workers have even begun using AI face-swapping tools to make themselves harder to spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In other words, valuations for the best-known AI-related stocks have gotten so high that they “embed decades of flawless execution,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
I was still trying to figure out how the monkeys had gotten out of my net when I heard a noise from the bur oak tree.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
