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put in (for)

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Definition of put in (for)

as in to request

to give a request or demand for several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December

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If travel or study calls, sketch the first steps and request time to explore them.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
Residents also are requested to limit their consumption to 65 gallons per person per day.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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That kind of granular information is important for emergency responders in the field and planners who make decisions about calling for extra help or ordering evacuations.

— Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Americans across the nation are being asked (or ordered) to conserve water, thanks to widespread drought made even worse by a punishing heat wave.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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