get through (to)

verb

Definition of get through (to)next
as in to communicate (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get through (to)
  1. fill in
  2. notify
  3. inform
  4. instruct
  5. tell
  6. clue
  7. reach
  8. familiarize
Verb
  • The ability for anyone to generate strategy, code, or creative work in seconds effectively filled in the moats built on blitzscaling overnight.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Seyfried, now literally playing a character in playing Holmes, also fills in for moments that Oppenheim didn’t or couldn’t record.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of fill in
Verb
  • Five of the contacts are outside Kenya, and authorities in those countries have been notified, according to Kenya’s Ministry of Health.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Placer County Sheriff’s Office’s coroner division was expected to release her name after notifying her next of kin.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of notify
Verb
  • His archival sketches of solitaire diamond rings also informed the design.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The facility lacks a verifiable method that informs food employees of their responsibility to report their health status in regards to illnesses that can spread through food.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of inform
Verb
  • Pete Hegseth wants to morally instruct America with a public execution?
    — George F. Will, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Once identified, the AI then instructs the robot’s grippers to grab the item from the waste stream, ready for processing.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of instruct
Verb
  • Some economists, including researchers at the Minneapolis Fed, argue the data don’t tell such a clean story.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tell
Verb
  • Some of the film’s chaos is by design to clue viewers into the demands and desires of Ryan’s life as his obligations pull him in countless competing directions.
    — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Condensation Ragsdale says that condensation can also clue you into a problem.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of clue
Verb
  • The company’s Club for the Future nonprofit has reached nearly 700,000 Florida students and 65,000 educators since 2019.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Attackers use it to control who reaches their malicious content while showing something harmless to other visitors.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of reach
Verb
  • Adaptability and resilience Being adaptable and resilient are also key today, Chait said, since new tools are cropping up seemingly every day, and employees are expected to quickly familiarize themselves with them.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Take a moment to familiarize yourself — and your family — with this important information.
    — Lillian Bonsignore, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of familiarize
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