as in to postpone
to assign to a later time
as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year
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Consider adding a dosing funnel to put over the portafilter to avoid spills.
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Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 24 June 2024
Before the financial issues, the business put over $1 billion into the project.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2024
The surge coincided with a sweltering mid-June heat wave across the Midwest and the Northeast, putting over 80 million people under heat alerts — the latest run of unseasonably extreme temperatures fueled by a global climate that is warming at a record pace.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 7 July 2024
The storms are the latest in a week of wild weather that saw much of the country battered by heat, putting over 100 million people under heat advisories and warnings and flooding in Iowa and South Dakota.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
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Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 24 June 2024
Before the financial issues, the business put over $1 billion into the project.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2024
The surge coincided with a sweltering mid-June heat wave across the Midwest and the Northeast, putting over 80 million people under heat alerts — the latest run of unseasonably extreme temperatures fueled by a global climate that is warming at a record pace.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 7 July 2024
The storms are the latest in a week of wild weather that saw much of the country battered by heat, putting over 100 million people under heat advisories and warnings and flooding in Iowa and South Dakota.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
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“Put over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20over. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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