put into
phrasal verb
put into; putting into; puts into
1
: to use (a certain amount of energy or effort) when doing (something)
He puts a lot of energy into his performances.
2
: to invest (time, money, etc.) in (something)
We put a lot of money into (fixing up) that house.
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Beach said Wednesday that the final coins pressed will be auctioned off and that the actual last pennies put into circulation from the US Mint were struck in June.
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Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
The amounts of money that schools put into their athletics programs, which again, like Matt said, money is fungible.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The podcast genres that were most frequently hosted by women include true crime, arts, society and culture (which the researchers put into one category), news and education.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Were those cuts put into place?
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
The amounts of money that schools put into their athletics programs, which again, like Matt said, money is fungible.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The podcast genres that were most frequently hosted by women include true crime, arts, society and culture (which the researchers put into one category), news and education.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Were those cuts put into place?
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Put into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20into. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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