as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely
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Recent Examples of get by
He’s played doctors, lawyers, Civil Rights icons (American and African), cops, soldiers, cowboys, pilots, teachers, coaches, princes, kings, and everyday people just trying to get by.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
As an adult, though, the comedy resonates more as an ode to the exhaustive nature of being a parent around the holidays and how everybody's just trying to get by at the holidays, even the tired mall Santa.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
The benefits a business leader gets by active listening far outshines lesser values of ego boosts.
—Edward Deangelis, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Trudeau noted that even those earning at the high end of that amount have been struggling to get by.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
As an adult, though, the comedy resonates more as an ode to the exhaustive nature of being a parent around the holidays and how everybody's just trying to get by at the holidays, even the tired mall Santa.
10.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
The benefits a business leader gets by active listening far outshines lesser values of ego boosts.
—Edward Deangelis, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Trudeau noted that even those earning at the high end of that amount have been struggling to get by.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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With more extreme wildfire events presumably on the horizon, the scientists stressed the importance of equipping doctors with better tools to cope with such circumstances.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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After being diagnosed in 2004, Etheridge turned to cannabis as a way to cope with the pain, nausea, and emotional toll of her treatment.Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Artificial intelligence models do much more than generate (occasionally accurate) text responses and (somewhat) realistic videos.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2024
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The specific witness and notary requirements depend on your county’s regulations, so do your research ahead of time to ensure.Marisa Polansky and Kristine Keller, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Four-decade battle exposed bitter divisions More:How much daylight will Wisconsin get on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year?Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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The bus originated in Atlanta but had around six or seven stops on the way, and investigators are unsure where the man got on, Kenny said.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Jessica Parker plays Meredith, a woman struggling to get along with her boyfriend Everett's (Dermot Mulroney) judgmental family, the Stones.Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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But most of these guys don't get along with [the] big tech crowd — these are many of our top builders.Axios, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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During this period, the New Zealander managed to score points in two of the six outings, contributing to the team’s eventual eighth-place finish in the standings.Yara Elshebiny, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Los Angeles Unified school principals — saying their workload is too heavy and the pressure to raise student achievement, manage complex budgets and keep campuses safe is too intense — have voted to join the Teamsters union in a rebuke to the leadership of Supt.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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