put away

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Recent Examples of put away While students are still allowed to bring their devices to school, they must be powered off and put away during the school day — with no exceptions for recess, lunch or after-school activities. Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2025 McNeeley will soon be assigned to a team, ready to put away his Dirk Nowitzki jerseys to wear one of his own. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025 Consider what needs to be washed, what needs to be tossed, and what needs to be put away. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 4 July 2025 Coulter, who is 24 years old, was put away a decade ago for killing a man who was simply walking home from a White Castle. Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for put away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put away
Verb
  • Francis is the first pope in over a century not to be interred at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Like yesterday, and the days before, she is interred in the ground up to her waist, the afterthought of some unnamed apocalypse.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • Israel has also assassinated much of the terror organization’s top leadership.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
  • The judge presiding over the case of Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, has released a letter that the suspect sent to the court.
    Peter Aitken Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • This spot for soccer fans offers lots of pub fare to eat and drink.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The calls came while eating lunch, while lying in bed at night.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Prince Friso was in a skiing accident in February 2012, getting buried under an avalanche, which led to brain damage and falling into a coma.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Some mourners openly wept, burying their faces in the Palestinian flags wrapped around the bodies.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Around 1,000 women are murdered a year in Pakistan due to honor killings, according to Human Rights Watch.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • Since 2006, actor Michael C. Hall has embodied the methodical killer, with a code for only murdering bad people on Dexter, and the television universe has continued to shock viewers ever since.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • For most people, garlic supplements or garlic pills are a safe and convenient way to consume garlic when taken in the amounts directed.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
  • There’s no way around it—many of us consume far too much sugar.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile in the Russian prison, Hopper (David Harbour) slays a full-size demogorgon with a sword.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 16 July 2025
  • Among them: The killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student who was slain last year by a Venezuelan man in the U.S. illegally.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • The procedural process on the Senate floor is also complicated with limited time to execute.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 14 July 2025
  • Now, Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon, are free to execute the layoffs and break up the department’s work among other federal agencies.
    Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025

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“Put away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20away. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.

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