put up

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as in to store
to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter

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Recent Examples of put up Morgan took herself off the block, which led Keanu to name a replacement nominee and option to put up Ashley Hollis up for eviction. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 Eagles defense is adjusting to several offseason changes and Dak, without much of a run game, should put up big numbers and at the least keep it tight. Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025 An all-encompassing No 10 who put up great numbers (10 goals and six assists in 25 Bundesliga league appearances) in a struggling team last season. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025 Occasionally, museums will work with benefactors to put up bids for their collections. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for put up
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Verb
  • The landmark case focused on Google’s dominance of the general search market, Google’s violations of the Sherman Act and the barriers to entry that the search engine erected.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Trained by his enslaver in bricklaying and carpentry, Moses became foreman of a building crew, erecting barns, homes, and warehouses across the South.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • The demonstration took place at the Cenex Expo 2025 and marks a step forward in building a circular economy for EV batteries.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • China showcased interceptor missiles designed for air and missile defense on Wednesday, rivaling a similar system being built by the United States, known as the Golden Dome.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In that case, the second seat will be sold at the same fare as the original.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Burmese shops in Milwaukee sell dozens of kinds of canned or jarred items, including pickled ginger, pickled dogfruit, taro root and lotus root.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Airbnb co-founder @jgebbia is working with @DOGE to digitize the government's antiquated retirement process — which is literally housed in 22,000 filing cabinets in a Pennsylvania cave.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • More than 1,000 employees circumnavigate the bustling fifth floor Tempus office around an atrium that Lefkofsky said was a spiral parking ramp before the building — a National Historic Landmark that once housed the country’s oldest mail-order firm — was converted to tech space 25 years ago.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Its director, and franchise mastermind, Rian Johnson has proven himself a master of the whodunnit form with these films, showing a knack for Agatha Christie puzzle-plotting that, well, the actual adapters of Christie haven’t shown in recent years.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike navigating on a flat map using Euclidean geometry, aeronautical navigation requires solving complex problems by calculating position and plotting courses on a model of the Earth as an ellipsoid, or a sphere.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To store fresh dill leaves, wrap the cut dill stems loosely in a damp paper towel and store it in a resealable bag in your refrigerator’s crisper drawer.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • The deal, brokered after a standoff between state and county officials resulting from a disagreement over whether to raise assessments this year, means homeowners will see a nearly 7% increase above their 2024 property valuation.
    Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Bundy family said information about the object removed from Ryan Bundy’s arm could raise more questions in the incident.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Since then, Cassellius set a goal to address lead hazards in all 50 schools constructed before 1950 by the first day of school.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
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“Put up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20up. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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