put in

Definition of put innext
as in to plant
to put or set into the ground to grow put in a crop of winter wheat

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Recent Examples of put in Whatever system is put in place would certainly help the Porter Police Department during the high-traffic summertime occasions, Barry said. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 The mayor's goal was to make things easier for the city's immigrant delivery workforce by upending a policy that had been put in pace by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 25 June 2026 However, his presence at the World Cup was almost put in jeopardy after the recent Ebola outbreak in the DRC, which led to the US placing entry restrictions on affected countries, and even forced the national team to cancel its three-day, pre-tournament training camp in Kinshasa. Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 Putting on a community festival is no small feat, but around town, folks are putting in hard work to make fun happen this weekend. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for put in
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  • Under the Biden administration, federal taxpayers paid farmers billions of dollars to stop planting crops, but that's considered a short-term solution too expensive to maintain indefinitely.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Other summer camps soon planted flags of their own.
    Derek H. Alderman, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
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  • Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • European leaders fear pro-Russian groups are seeding AI chatbots with propaganda.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026
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  • Lo Celso scored on a free kick; Martinez drilled a penalty kick after Julian Alvarez was kicked in the face while attempting a header.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2026
  • The Mets nearly answered against Wheeler in the bottom of the first, as Soto — with a runner on first base — drilled a 397-foot drive to right-center.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026

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“Put in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20in. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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