<?php
$patterns = ["are", "finite", "get", "er"];
$string = "You are definitely getting better today";
$alternations = ''.implode('|', $patterns); $re = '(?!\b(?:'.$alternations.')\b)\S*(?:'.$alternations.')\S*';
echo $string;
PD9waHAKJHBhdHRlcm5zID0gWyJhcmUiLCAiZmluaXRlIiwgImdldCIsICJlciJdOwokc3RyaW5nID0gIllvdSBhcmUgZGVmaW5pdGVseSBnZXR0aW5nIGJldHRlciB0b2RheSI7CiRhbHRlcm5hdGlvbnMgPSAnJy5pbXBsb2RlKCd8JywgJHBhdHRlcm5zKTsKJHJlID0gJyg/IVxiKD86Jy4kYWx0ZXJuYXRpb25zLicpXGIpXFMqKD86Jy4kYWx0ZXJuYXRpb25zLicpXFMqJzsKJHN0cmluZyA9IHByZWdfcmVwbGFjZSgnIycuJHJlLicjJywgJycsICRzdHJpbmcpOwokc3RyaW5nID0gcHJlZ19yZXBsYWNlKCcjXGh7Mix9IycsICcgJywgJHN0cmluZyk7CmVjaG8gJHN0cmluZzs=