puts down

present tense third-person singular of put down
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as in enters
to put (someone or something) on a list put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip

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as in attributes
to explain (something) as being the result of something else a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience

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Recent Examples of puts down As for the other Bridgertons, Francesca (Hannah Dodd) is mourning the loss of her husband John (Victor Alli), Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is still avoiding men and Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) puts down her Lady Whistledown pen for good. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026 Let’s say the buyer puts down 25% or $213,750, giving him/her a mortgage balance of $641,250. Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026 Private Mortgage Insurance, known as PMI, is typically required when a buyer puts down less than 20% of the purchase price. Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puts down
Verb
  • But Vicente dismisses global heating as the main reason for the fires that are ravaging Europe.
    Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nobody clings to each other more firmly, defends their relationship more fiercely, or dismisses the opinions of the internet more authentically than Brinity.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • The program logs your viewing habits and sells that data to any third-party company that would like to know them.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The screen porch is the family’s favorite spot in the summer, and Old logs hours there reading or working on needlepoint projects.
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, North Korea’s involvement has reached an unprecedented scale — marking Pyongyang’s largest foreign military deployment in its 78-year history.
    Glen E. Howard, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Heart Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide — and risk jumps when a woman enters menopause.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • Its Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation effectively suppresses low-frequency drone and office chatter, while custom 40mm drivers deliver rich, balanced sound reinforced by Ultra Bass technology.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Ambiguity suppresses adoption more effectively than skepticism.
    Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • SpaceX attributes the rest of its revenue to Starlink and AI.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Zhu attributes the brand’s success not to any particular localization strategy, but rather, her team’s dedication to meeting their customers’ shopping needs.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • Jongmin Lee, a quantum sensing scientist at SNL, has been working to build an extremely small version of this device, one that consumes very little power and can be used in the field.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout our conversation, Angelyne adds ice cubes to the bowl, swirls it with a spoon, and consumes it like gazpacho.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • That dynamic undoubtedly minimizes the adjustment associated with staff upheaval.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • By preventing excess slack and eliminating interfering contours, the PBU minimizes collision risks across complex movement paths.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Huffman and Morelle requested the GAO review Freedom 250 documents, including contracting information, records management and funding information.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • When a bird ascends during a migratory flight, a barometric geolocator records a steep drop in air pressure, capturing the timing of departure and arrival for every stop along a bird’s migration route.
    Stephanie Szarmach, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026

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