get used to
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“That way, she’ll get used to … making a payment each month somewhere, but it will be saved up for her,” said Hughes, a senior wealth adviser at Mercer Advisors who is based in Minneapolis.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
But we get used to new tech quickly and turn to it instinctively.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
“You gotta get used to it,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
"I had a bit of trouble because I was thinking documentary. They are not documentaries, they are films and I had to get used to that."
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
He’d better get used to it, because she was going to hold him that way for the entire afternoon.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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