Getty

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noun

J(ean) Paul, 1892–1976, U.S. oil magnate and art collector.

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Words nearby Getty

get to the bottom of, get to the heart of, get to the point, get-tough, get tough with, Getty, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Battle of, get under one's skin, get under someone's skin

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How to use Getty in a sentence

Bettmann via Getty ImagesYet despite her influence, Lynn never won a world or Olympic title, which baffled spectators who recognized her greatness and couldn’t understand why it wasn’t rewarded with titles and medals.
The Quad Jump Revolution Has Transformed Women’s Figure Skating. How Far Will It Go?|Dvora Meyers|February 3, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBarry Young is the vice president of church security for Strategos International, a security-training company based in Missouri and Texas.
God And Guns|Kimberly Winston|November 4, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Hill got in touch with a group of middlemen and convinced them that the Getty would pay 500,000 pounds to recover the painting, a swirling, expressionist depiction of a howling figure under a blood-red sky.
Charles Hill, who tracked down stolen masterpieces like ‘The Scream,’ dies at 73|Harrison Smith|March 12, 2021|Washington Post
The post had a big red circle over a photographer believed to be Win McNamee of Getty Images, who looked down from the balcony onto the rioter below.
How an internet lie about the Capitol invasion turned into an instant conspiracy theory|Bobbie Johnson|January 7, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Similar reinforced plinths were developed by the Getty museums in Los Angeles to absorb the seismic movements there.
Florence Preps ‘David’ for the Big One|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Photos: Minor White Exhibition at the Getty Center Yes, people have talked down about Minor White.
New Getty Retrospective On Minor White’s Metamorphosing Camera|Sarah Bay Williams|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A new partnership between LeanIn.org and Getty Images aims to supply stock photos that more accurately portray modern women.
This Is What Real Women Look Like|The Daily Beast|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The backlash has reportedly prompted West to ask photo agency Getty Images to remove all photos of him in the leather kilts.
Courtney Love 'Gasms' for Saint Laurent; Kanye West Shuns His Skirts|The Fashion Beast Team|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The photo from Getty Images actually depicts Abdel Qadir al-Husseini.
One-Note History: A Response to Yousef Munayyer|Gil Troy|June 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Getty moves up Hazel Run to take the Rebels in flank, who are protected by the sunken road at the base of the hill.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
The color-bearers, having withstood the panic, had formed behind the troops of Getty.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete|General Philip Henry Sheridan
General Burnside has been frequently informed lately that the division under General Getty cannot be spared.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six|Abraham Lincoln
Getty's division with Lowell's cavalry held on at Middletown, but, with this exception, the rout was complete.
Hero Tales From American History|Henry Cabot Lodge, and Theodore Roosevelt
I still believe that it was not much after nine o'clock when we first formed on the left of Getty's division.
Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman|J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

British Dictionary definitions for Getty

Getty

/ (ˈɡɛtɪ) /

noun

J (ean) Paul. 1892–1976, US oil executive, millionaire, and art collector

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