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 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 The food pantry gets about 150,000 annual visits at its warehouse and through its offsite distribution service. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 The war in Iran is expected to be up for discussion during the visit, as China gets about 60% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 May 2026 For the average recipient, who gets about $2,000 a month before taxes, that’s a $600 cut. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026 China gets about 40 percent of its oil from the Persian Gulf. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets about
  1. spreads
  2. circulates
  3. gets out
  4. comes out
  5. gets around
Verb
  • Tell me what the heck a gross bacterium that spreads disease has to do with sunscreen.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Candida auris is a type of yeast that can cause severe illness and spreads easily among patients with serious medical conditions in health care facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
    — Emma Koppelman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of spreads
Verb
  • The $438 billion Gallup figure circulates primarily as a workforce engagement headline.
    — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • As footage of the incident circulates on social media, Patterson said the footage is just one perspective of the encounter.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of circulates
Verb
  • The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Video shows Rocky did eventually return to his own yard, and a child holding a blanket can be seen chasing the dog before a woman gets out of a black SUV parked in the road.
    — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Definition of gets out
Verb
  • Those limits determine how much material reaches refiners and manufacturers, regardless of how much ore comes out of the ground.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And Cody still comes out before the season starts and takes BP, hooks up the kids with some Nike stuff.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of comes out
Verb
  • Packing snacks in individual portions also gets around having to dig through your bag.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 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 10 Aug. 2026.

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