How to Use getter in a Sentence

getter

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  • Dorsey was the top vote-getter in the 2018 election and is no stranger to CCPS.
    — Cameron Goodnight, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2022
  • Don’t make your real spouse be the getter of all the food.
    — Maya Mokh, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sporting a coat of pink paint, the new wood door is also an attention-getter, and hints at what's to come in the house.
    — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Stroud was the third-highest vote-getter in five regions and fourth in the South, behind Bennett.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Sporting a coat of pink paint, the new wood door is also an attention-getter and hints at what's to come in the house.
    — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2021
  • Hill was pleased to see Tagovailoa get voted as a team captain for the first time and do it as the top vote-getter.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Dutcher’s defense, game plan and bucket-getters will go punch-for-punch in the Sweet 16, and 7.5 points are far too many in this case.
    — Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The ninth and final spot will go to a Wild Card winner made up of the next highest vote-getter on each team after that.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 11 May 2021
  • Flowers was the top vote getter in a close Tuesday race with Sanders-Fortier.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 25 May 2022
  • Barksdale was the top vote-getter in the school board race in the November election, in which Heckman was re-elected to the board.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2022
  • In a city that often cleaves between Black and White, rich and poor, east and west, White was the top vote-getter in that election in all eight wards.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Grassley has proved to be the most reliable vote-getter in Iowa for the entirety of his four decades in the Senate.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Instead, Fay was the top voter-getter among the field of nine, leading her slate to victory.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Prior to that, the mayor was the top vote-getter among council candidates.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 May 2021
  • Consistently the leader of public polling in the weeks ahead of the election, Wu emerged as the top vote-getter Tuesday night.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Garick, the top vote-getter in her race, faces Dana Fernandez in a runoff election on Nov. 8.
    — Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Garland was the top point-getter, showing off his smooth stroke and easy range, finishing with 21.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Michael Kan, a three-year city resident, was the top vote-getter by a wide margin in the Ward 4 run-off election Tuesday (Sept. 14).
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The pick-up artist here — played by Cooper Hoffman, the late actor’s son — is a 15-year-old go-getter with the showbiz-ready name of Gary Valentine.
    — Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
  • But the way the remainder of the roster is constructed, a bench bucket-getter is needed.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2021

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