bring/call/put into play

phrase

: require to be put to use

The students' creativity was brought/called/put into play on this last assignment.

Examples of bring/call/put into play in a Sentence

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Now, the salaries the Heat could put into play could wind up much more limited, even with sign-and-trade possibilities. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2026

The latter of each of those examples is what Spoelstra put into play in Saturday night’s 121-117 loss at Kaseya Center to the Orlando Magic, which also is the Heat’s only loss over their past eight games. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026

The thinner, more economical tiles, however, would tip over, necessitating the use of racks, and pushers, bars that allowed rows of tiles to be pushed neatly forward and put into play, were added. — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026

This nonprofit organization houses and preserves vintage arcade machines put into play through the late 1980s. — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 6 Mar. 2026

That would have given the Heat another contract to put into play, need be, for a potential deal during the 2026-27 cap calendar. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026

Draft capital The Heat have just two tradable first-round picks to put into play at the moment, in 2030 and’32. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026

Was that wrinkle put into play by producers for the specific reason of putting such a humiliating scenario onto the screen? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025