1
as in to erect
to fix in an upright position
the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof
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2
as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens
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as in to sell
to offer for sale to the public
put their possessions up for auction
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the university puts up students in a variety of buildings
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as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies
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Recent Examples of put up
That could mean anything from holding a meeting on compost, knocking on your neighbors’ doors, or putting up signage next to the bins showing what can and can’t be composted.
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2026
People have put up with the pollution because of the good jobs the steel mills provide.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
So, while the series put up a much lower total in the week of Season 2’s debut, that’s to be expected given that there was only one hour of new material.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Vessel got Cheshire’s zoning permission two and a half years ago to put up a five-story, 72-unit apartment building; the structure has appeared substantially complete from the outside since last spring, but no tenants have moved in.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2026
People have put up with the pollution because of the good jobs the steel mills provide.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
So, while the series put up a much lower total in the week of Season 2’s debut, that’s to be expected given that there was only one hour of new material.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Vessel got Cheshire’s zoning permission two and a half years ago to put up a five-story, 72-unit apartment building; the structure has appeared substantially complete from the outside since last spring, but no tenants have moved in.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put up
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Instead of hosting premieres in movie palaces, screenings are held in dozens of makeshift theaters, with screens erected in libraries, motels and school auditoriums.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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Devil's Den State Park, Arkansas Wood and stone structures erected by the 1930s-era Civilian Conservation Corps speckle the rugged landscape of Devil's Den State Park.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Jan. 2026
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American Family Housing is building the project, with CalOptima Health and the county among the contributors of funding and financing assistance.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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Battalion members helped build roads, repair public buildings, construct a courthouse, dig wells and provide labor for the frontier community.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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The bill would also require businesses that sell delivery goods, such as grocery delivery providers or DoorDash, to list a comparison of the delivery price versus the regular price if the goods were to be bought in-person at the store.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Greg Ketter has spent nearly five decades selling comic books and science fiction novels at DreamHaven Books and Comics in Minneapolis.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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All those years of speeches are housed in one place, across the street from the Capitol, in the State Library and court building.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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When manual driving is selected, the airbag housed within the steering wheel is used instead.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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But in wrapping up a six-month investigation last month, independent counsel Cho’s team concluded that Yoon plotted for over a year to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals and monopolize power.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Just last month, police charged a 17-year-old in Indiana linked to TCC who was allegedly plotting to carry out an attack.—
Lauren Fichten,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The bronze doors and concrete walls with remarkably few windows looked ancient, and the building more closely resembled a student dormitory awaiting demolition than an institution where precious cultural assets from around the world were collected and stored.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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For decades, this half-square-mile town wedged between Costco and Highway 1 has been hiding in plain sight — a warehouse district turned open-air art gallery, where murals climb concrete walls and sculptors work in spaces that once stored industrial equipment.—
Audrey T. Williams,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The club raises money for scholarships from its Scholarship Raffle, set to begin in February.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Granick raised concerns about the breadth of information that the FBI could obtain if agents get access to data protected by BitLocker.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The company is capitalizing on its extensive power portfolio and land assets in Texas to construct large-scale data centers aimed at artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The historic waterfront stretch is constructed from 19th-century cobblestones and chock-full of cute restaurants, bars, galleries, and shops, all offering spectacular views of the Savannah River and docking cargo ships.—
Cailey Rizzo,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2026
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