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put out

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verb

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as in to exert
to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival

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as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog

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Recent Examples of put out
Verb
According to a video the club put out several years ago as the system was being built, the total grass field and apparatus weigh more than 11,000 tons. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025 Experts and officials have renewed the call for care and caution when being around wild birds and domestic fowl, and in putting out birdfeeders and baths. Joan Morris, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 But that’s only if humans review and verify what the AI has put out. Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025 Kaszas has previously put out the YouTube specials Modern Male, White Lies, and Honorary Jones, as well as the Dry Bar Comedy specials Cat Jokes and Average Intelligence. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for put out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put out
Adjective
  • In March, Goldberg grew annoyed after Teta teed up the show's theme music to play her off.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Another issue that cropped up frequently last season also left Lee a tad annoyed.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Consensus on why and how things happened, of course, can be used to exert terrible will, and so perhaps there might be some potential good to be had in all this chaos.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Beneath the surface of this agrarian life, traditional gender roles exert a powerful force.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Firefighters discovered an electrical fire on the yacht’s upper deck upon arriving at the scene and extinguished the flames, the department told USA TODAY.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Rescuers work to extinguish a fire caused by a Russian glide bomb at a hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ball doesn’t seem annoyed by the memes yet, but the NBA season hasn’t officially started, so there’s still time.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • He was annoyed when people advocated that.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The picture, posted on the club’s Instagram account, showed Bellingham suspended in mid-air, with a purple elastic band around the sole of his boots and holding a kettlebell weighing around 14 kilograms (31lb).
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The 50% tariff on top US exporter Brazil, which has seen its coffee bean supply shrink due to a drought, weighs the heaviest on businesses.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The History of Emily Montague was published in 1769, but the Canadian Confederation—the alliance of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into an independent country separate from Great Britain—didn’t occur until 1867.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Simpson allegedly became irritated that Hampton didn't thank her for holding the door open, triggering an argument.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Why Deeper Complexions Need an Adapted Playbook Darker skin has more melanin—and more risk of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation when irritated.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This philosophy applies to business owners seeking to develop managers and leaders within their organizations.
    Joe Boylan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Their work could be a critical step toward the safe and rational decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, and the technology could be applied to nuclear accident sites elsewhere in the world.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025

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