as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically
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Recent Examples of put through
At least a half-dozen people described an emotional seesaw they were put through by weeks of contradictory UPS tracking updates about their shipments.
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Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
He was being put through training recently to test his ability to stay calm under pressure as Douglas tried to overstimulate his senses.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
The agency has been put through the wringer in recent months, facing a deadly shooting at its headquarters in Atlanta; losing key leaders to either firings or resignations; and losing 600 employees in an August layoff.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 2 Oct. 2025
The prototypes were spherical wire frames containing sails; in the wind tunnel, they were put through their paces on different surfaces, including rough and smooth terrain, sand, pebbles and boulder fields.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
He was being put through training recently to test his ability to stay calm under pressure as Douglas tried to overstimulate his senses.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
The agency has been put through the wringer in recent months, facing a deadly shooting at its headquarters in Atlanta; losing key leaders to either firings or resignations; and losing 600 employees in an August layoff.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 2 Oct. 2025
The prototypes were spherical wire frames containing sails; in the wind tunnel, they were put through their paces on different surfaces, including rough and smooth terrain, sand, pebbles and boulder fields.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put through
Verb
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The experiment discovered that AI could fulfill this role quite well.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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As a result of the deal, LSU may need to fulfill the $54 million buyout.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Directed by British filmmaker and frequent collaborator Nick Wickham (Madonna, Shakira) the film will chronicle the album’s release date unveiling at the intimate Troxy nightclub in London, where the goth rock legends performed the entire record for the first and only time to date.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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When the immune system ages, immune cells become less able to perform crucial functions like fighting infection, destroying cancer cells and healing wounds, according to Rhodes, who is also the CEO and co-founder of Mimio Health in San Francisco.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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This sort of commercial imagery has accomplished something truly new, something the CORONA engineers could only have dreamed about.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The logistical feat those intrepid women accomplished staggers the mind of any contemporary author.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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Pic follows the young protégé of a legendary crime boss, secretly an undercover cop, who is executed before revealing a file that exposes the city’s entire web of corruption.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Hudson, though, reserves her praise for the 16,000 people who execute the organization’s global mission.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sun pointed out that the resulting batteries demonstrated a potential energy density exceeding 500 watt-hours per kilogram at the cell level, a power level that could enable electric vehicles to achieve a much longer driving range per charge.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Placing these leaders across the entire studio is an important first step in achieving this goal.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The company is also the only rubber manufacturer that can do full color digital printing on rubber, Hitt said.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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What Lewis is mostly in Denver to do, though, is block.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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Firefighters whisper about a gas main as a little girl, Dinah, is carried out of the wreckage—the sole survivor of a blast that killed her mom.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Currently, Undersheriff Dan Perea, appointed by Corpus last year, is carrying out sheriff duties.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The interaction was made even more awkward by the fact that Shannon was already standing right there with arms wide open in anticipation of a warm, cleansing embrace.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Filling your home with a strong artificial scent — or any scent for that matter — has the potential to turn off some buyers and make your house less appealing, according to a recent report from House Beautiful.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Put through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20through. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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