getting at
Example Sentences
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Only half report getting at least seven hours of sleep daily or most days.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“We’re getting at the cost structures through the organization to be able to address that, and that’s because of the AI initiatives we’re putting forward,” DeVeydt said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
In all of this, he’s getting at something powerful but hard to quantify that we all perhaps have felt, if only briefly, at one time or another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
And while this was all happening, there were all these other archetypal imperatives getting at me, like what about dancing?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
I wasn’t sure what he was getting at.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
