How to Use getter in a Sentence

getter

noun
  • Dorsey was the top vote-getter in the 2018 election and is no stranger to CCPS.
    Cameron Goodnight, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2022
  • The top two vote getters will win three-year terms on the board.
    Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Don’t make your real spouse be the getter of all the food.
    Maya Mokh, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2021
  • Duque and Petro were the top two vote getters in the first round of the election, held May 27.
    Anthony Faiola, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2018
  • Britt was the top vote-getter with 45%, while Brooks won 29% of the primary vote.
    Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 16 June 2022
  • That would force an April runoff between the top two vote-getters.
    CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Minnesota was the top vote-getter among teams not in the top 25.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2019
  • If not, the top two vote-getters go onto the ballot for Nov. 6.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 June 2018
  • The top vote-getter has to capture more than 50 percent of the votes on June 30 to win the race outright.
    Madeleine Rivera | Fox News, Fox News, 19 June 2018
  • The third-place vote-getter pulled out of the race after the special primary.
    Will Weissert, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The Batmans have been too much of a go-getter recently.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2022
  • If a candidate in the three-way race didn’t win 50% of the vote, the top two vote getters would go to a runoff election.
    James Barragán, Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Ridley, 68, the lead vote-getter in the race in May, is seeking a council seat for the first time.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 5 June 2021
  • The top two vote-getters in the primary advance to the Nov. 6 election.
    Luke Money, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
  • In other words, the top three vote-getters will each be elected to six-year terms.
    Kevin Richert, idahostatesman, 25 June 2018
  • The top eight vote-getters move on to the Nov. 5 general election.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • But Owens overtook him last week and has remained the top vote getter since then.
    Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
  • State schools chief Tony Thurmond was by far the top vote-getter in the primary.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022
  • For Deets, the top vote getter among the incumbents, the task is to gain ground in the general election on April 5.
    Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The top two vote-getters will receive three-year terms, while the third place vote getter will get a two-year term.
    Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Haddox has been the top vote-getter in the last two council elections.
    Bill McHugh, NOLA.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote getters face off in a runoff.
    Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 11 June 2018
  • Christian Yelich was the 11th-leading vote-getter in the outfield, while Cain was 15th.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2018
  • The other candidates in the race were well behind the two top vote-getters.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • At heart, Langford is a bucket-getter and one of the few players on the team who can create a shot near the end of the shot clock.
    Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2019
  • If no one wins a majority on Nov. 6, the top two vote-getters go to a run-off.
    Caren Bohan, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2018
  • If no one gets 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote getters will meet each other in a runoff election on Aug. 28.
    Tim Talley, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2018
  • Excellent bucket-getter from three, the midrange and the basket area.
    Frank Urbina, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2021
  • In the primary, Davis was the top vote-getter, earning 38% of the vote, Cooper came in second with 23%.
    Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The Bengals will announce the two top voter getters next week.
    The Enquirer, 11 July 2023

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