gets about

verb

present tense third-person singular of get about
as in spreads
to become known it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

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Recent Examples of gets about The hospital gets about 700 trauma patients each year and, of those, about 70 need to be flown to the mainland, CEO Tim Kielpinski told The Times in an interview. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Unfortunately, the house only gets about 15 minutes of screen time as the Owens women swap the cozy setting for the beautiful England countryside. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026 The town gets about 41% of its water from the Colorado River, and will lose 20% of that allocation under the upcoming cuts. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 The drop has coincided with broader volatility in the AI trade, particularly chip stocks, and a decline in the Korean market, which gets about half its value from SK Hynix and Samsung. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Anthropic — which gets about 80% of its $30 billion run-rate from enterprise use — saw inference margins climb from 38% to over 70% during 2026 due to the popularity of Claude Code, according to SemiAnalysis. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 During the summer, the organization gets about 30 to 35 students for its summer tutoring program, which is scheduled to start on July 1. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 June 2026 For now, Space Florida gets about $17 million a year for operational budget but limited funds for infrastructure investment. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 But the average American gets about 14 — and nutritionists have been sounding the alarm for years. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets about
  1. spreads
  2. circulates
  3. gets out
  4. comes out
  5. gets around
Verb
  • And when the healthcare system is flawed to its core and disinformation about alternative treatments spreads rapidly online?
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Omnivore’s reissue of the first of these, for its 30th anniversary, spreads the original album across three sides with a new remix from Falkner himself, then adds four bonus tracks (a studio outtake song and three four-track demos) for Side 4.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of spreads
Verb
  • Although flu circulates year-round, cases typically increase in the fall and winter months.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Thick layers of grease, food splatters, and burned-on food can block airflow and vents and reduce how well heat circulates.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of circulates
Verb
  • Once word gets out, nabbing center-orchestra seats (already going for over $300 apiece at press time) might feel like a minor miracle.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Tommy Edman hits a three-run home run and Tanner Scott gets out of a ninth-inning jam in a 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals with Shohei Ohtani out.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of gets out
Verb
  • What follows moves from the raw repair-cost numbers, into the plan math, into who actually comes out ahead, and finally into the maintenance habits that shift the odds without eliminating them.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Now, smart underwear is making a case for paying closer attention to what comes out of your body.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of comes out
Verb
  • Throughout the film, Llínas gets around, both literally and thematically.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The clever idea gets around the biggest hurdle of bringing back the Sons cast — most of the major characters were killed off during the course of the show.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of gets around

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“Gets about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20about. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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