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Recent Examples of put about
Today, the couple, who combined their finances in 2020, prefer to put about 15% of their monthly income into investments with more predictable returns like index funds, Sebastian says.
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Natalie Wu
lauren Shamo, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
The ban puts about 80% of the company’s sales at risk, said CEO Bill Morachnick.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2025
Portugal’s new program requires prospective visa holders to put about $500,000 into qualifying investment, venture capital funds and scientific or technological research.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Agnikul is developing a small-lift booster that can put about 100 kg to low-Earth orbit.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
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Natalie Wu
lauren Shamo, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
The ban puts about 80% of the company’s sales at risk, said CEO Bill Morachnick.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2025
Portugal’s new program requires prospective visa holders to put about $500,000 into qualifying investment, venture capital funds and scientific or technological research.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Agnikul is developing a small-lift booster that can put about 100 kg to low-Earth orbit.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put about
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The current tariff rate came about after lengthy negotiations.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Clinton subsequently had an impeachment trial that came about in December 1998.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Hike within your experience level and turn back if conditions worsen.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The towns’ zoning boards turned back the various proposals, and state courts will now have to determine if their reasons were solid enough to satisfy the 8-30g standards.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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Across the Atlantic, Drax’s story is unraveling, and the U.K. government is clearly coming round to the idea that burning forests for fuel is not clean energy.—
Michél Legendre,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Dec. 2025
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But when opening night comes round, Duse realizes that her daughter will be in the audience.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the beginning of the Iron Age, Phoenicians set out westwards, searching for valuable natural resources to be brought back and traded in the urbanized world of the eastern Mediterranean.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The teen sets out to salvage the trip by secretly plotting to break the couple up.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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As a doctor is forced to flee Aleppo with her young daughter, one desperate choice sets off a chain of events that ripples across borders and interlocking stories.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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The killing drew national attention and set off a frantic five-day manhunt across the Northeast.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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If certain regions become weak, the system limits or reverses the stylization.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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The answer seems to be first arresting, and then reversing, this process of deforestation and habitat destruction.—
Tom Hawking,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2026
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