getting at

Example Sentences

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That’s the biggest trick and, I believe, the one you are getting at with your “rose-tinted glasses” image.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 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

“He only moved here when he started work at the college. His parents aren’t buried there, if that’s what you mean. What are you getting at, hmm?”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish