catch on

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Recent Examples of catch on The 5-11, 209-pound Price has only one catch on the season but has carried the ball 63 times for 422 yards and seven touchdowns. Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025 Skilled forgers started to catch on, endeavoring to cash in on that development. JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025 While the marketplace hasn’t caught up, many are vocal about denouncing rhetoric that shames older women with the hopes that, one day, everyone will catch on. Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025 Smashing Machine is the type of movie they’re bound to catch on their couch. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for catch on
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch on
Verb
  • Most first ladies before Carter had worked out of the private living quarters on the second or third floor of the residence.
    Darlene Superville, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
  • While there may be interest from the Cowboys, the Cincinnati Bengals and Las Vegas Raiders have not seemed motivate to work out a trade with them.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Markwood, 20, went over the railings during the seventh inning of the game at PNC Park on April 30.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In a note earlier this month, market veteran Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, went over his earlier bullish calls on gold, which has repeatedly reached his forecasts ahead of schedule.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Penguins were playing without star defenseman Kris Letang, for one, and the Capitals were coming off yet another Presidents’ Trophy.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Jerami Grant came off the bench for 29 points, hitting 4-of-7 from deep, while Deni Avdija added 20 points and Shaedon Sharpe tossed in 15.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The state has succeeded at similar child-care recruitment efforts in the past.
    Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, chief commercial officer Cayetano Fabry is to succeed Lomanto as head of the EMEA region, leveraging his grasp of global and local perspectives.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The camera then panned out to reveal Kris with her daughters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner, dancing together while dressed in matching black outfits.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Everything does not always pan out.
    Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Explore the collection further by clicking on the images and map above.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
  • His cookbook has recipes for flavor bombs like Ginger Ponzu Sauce, Magic Sauce and Sweet Garlic Teriyaki Sauce (click here to jump to the recipes below).
    Malaka Gharib, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos delivered a historic 33-point fourth-quarter comeback to beat the New York Giants and extend their win streak to four games while moving into first place in the AFC West with a 5-2 mark.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • These candidates, expected to seek approval by 2026, use a special technology designed to deliver RNA therapeutics directly to muscle tissue.
    Reuters, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Catch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20on. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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