put across

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Recent Examples of put across How are our voices being put across? Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026 Stalin’s resolute putting across of these two ideas, of course, did much to divide the world. Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025 Yet the Chills’ music put across an abiding belief in the power of a great song. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024 The downside of putting across the board tariffs in place, McCaul added, is consumer prices could increase. Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Turner manages to put across this supreme shallowness with total sincerity. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026 The Finnish conductor, 39, is a singular sight before an orchestra — bushy-haired, bony, and armed with an arsenal of gestures that put across his intentions with striking specificity. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025 This production — directed, like the original, by Des McAnuff — won’t provide that, being less interested in trying to put across the story (by McAnuff and Townshend) than in obscuring it with relentless noise and banal imagery. Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put across
Verb
  • Drone strikes and shelling have targeted civilian infrastructure including schools, markets, fuel and water stations, putting over 500,000 people at risk.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The company’s Super+ membership is approaching one million members and has helped customers put over $1 billion back in their pockets.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Every firefly species uses a distinct blinking pattern to communicate, according to Insider Science.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • And this was really a new way for a president to communicate with the American people.
    NBC news, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • This unvarnished, no-nonsense authenticity helps explain Aguirre’s relatability with players and his ability to convey his instructions.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Impressive statistics that, in no way, fully conveyed how thoroughly the second-year guard out of Florida dominated the Lakers on Friday.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

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“Put across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20across. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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