How to Use put forward in a Sentence

put forward

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  • Stacy was put forward by an educator who was not paid to do it and did it anyway.
    Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • His withdrawal comes in time for Democrats to put forward a new candidate.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • With his first full school year as mayor around the corner, Mamdani has yet to put forward a detailed plan to desegregate the schools.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • The levy set to take effect on Friday will come after a flurry of country-specific tariffs put forward in recent days.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Patrick Clancy appears to share a similar perspective to the one put forward by his wife’s attorney and the lawsuit.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • By collaborating, teams can exchange knowledge, share resources (such as event space) and put forward a united front to champion a cause.
    Gary Ivory, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • That’s the argument that Google has put forward in a new posting by the Chrome security team, backed up by plenty of real-world and technical context.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The budget also requires a detailed study of the program’s past and future, including what led the Department of Health to put forward its surprise changes.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
  • Lawmakers have put forward serious framework proposals on a bipartisan basis.
    Caleb Knapp, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Arizona, California and Nevada put forward a plan under which the three states would jointly cut their water use by as much as 1 million acre-feet a year through 2028.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
  • Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of senators put forward a proposal that outlines a process to make a Social Security overhaul happen faster.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • The proposal, which District 3 Commissioner Rolando Escalona put forward earlier this month, will now go to a second and final vote.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
  • Bleecker Street has set release dates for its fall awards slate, the largest roster of films the indie distributor has ever put forward in a single year, revealing the lineup exclusively to Variety.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 July 2026
  • Brittin today put forward the argument that the streamers benefit hugely in the UK from groundwork laid by the BBC over the past 100 years.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2026
  • However constructive the initiatives put forward by establishment Senate Democrats may seem, there’s the risk they could be viewed as too tepid for a sizable portion of the electorate who is not keen to preserve any part of the status quo.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But as of Friday, there is no formal proposal, and the owner — the Mathon Fund I Liquidating Trust — is free to put forward that plan, a different one or none at all.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Surely, there is a lot of open hardwood, a vast middle ground between the usual, regular-season WNBA game and the All-Star Game, the foot put forward before a large national audience Saturday night.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
  • Pushback to a controversial plan put forward by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to sell off stakes in the World Cup and other commercial operations to private investors is growing.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • The largest award the bureau has put forward this year, $40 million, is for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was created by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
    Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 July 2026
  • Global Fashion Agenda has therefore put forward a Call to Action to mobilize action, urging EU and national policymakers to study and introduce incentives needed to make circularity work in practice.
    María Luisa Martínez Díez, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Another of witnesses put forward by the attorney general’s office was Maureen Condic, an animal biologist with no clinical experience whose professional publications have exclusively involved animal research.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The investigation was put forward by Republican congresswoman Claudia Tenney of the 24th district of New York State, which includes the Fingers Lakes region that is home to many wineries and distilleries.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

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