as in to phase out
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Recent Examples of put aside
One rule of thumb is to put aside enough to have access to 70%-80% of your current income.
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David McMillin, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
By Monday, any lingering concerns about Warsh or his history of hawkishness had been largely put aside as Wall Street turned its attention to surprisingly strong US manufacturing data.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Thus, the Cullens and the werewolves decide to put aside their differences and form an alliance to protect her.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
This initiative sought to bring together Americans of differing backgrounds and ethnicities to put aside their differences and focus on the greater commonality of economic parity and mutual respect.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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David McMillin, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
By Monday, any lingering concerns about Warsh or his history of hawkishness had been largely put aside as Wall Street turned its attention to surprisingly strong US manufacturing data.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Thus, the Cullens and the werewolves decide to put aside their differences and form an alliance to protect her.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
This initiative sought to bring together Americans of differing backgrounds and ethnicities to put aside their differences and focus on the greater commonality of economic parity and mutual respect.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put aside
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In the same building, the plan would also phase out the older grades of Public School 333 Manhattan School for Children, effectively shuttering its middle school and turning it into a preschool and elementary school only.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
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These programs phase out, sometimes abruptly.—
Allison Palmer
Updated February 20,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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Access to this aspect of Jewish life, of the life of my family going back hundreds of years, had been shut off to me, as firmly as a metal door welded shut.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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Users can set overall Downtime, which shuts off all phone activity during a set period of their choice.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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That strategic depth was dismantled bit by bit by Israel after the October 7 attacks.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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In the 1990s, when Jackson and a bipartisan coalition reframed Africa as strategic terrain rather than charitable afterthought, dismantling that infrastructure would have been politically inconceivable.—
Alexanderia Baker-Haidara,
semafor.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Put aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20aside. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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