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
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  • The Heritage Foundation’s Yenor dismisses the notion that elite sports pose any threat to male fertility, observing to SciAm that, since 1990, Super Bowl–winning quarterbacks have had a higher than average number of children.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Democratic lawmakers demand investigations and an oversight visit, alleging dangerous conditions and poor treatment aboard the Lincoln, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismisses the reports as exaggerated and misrepresented.
    Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Every camera in the network logs a vehicle’s plate, location and timestamp, and participating agencies can query each other's feeds.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The incident appeared repeatedly in intelligence community cyber logs tracking threats surrounding the election.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Moon enters Sagittarius and your 3rd House of Communication, highlighting calls, messages, errands, siblings, neighbors, and daily logistics.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In joining the list, the Okefenokee enters the rarified air of iconic places like the Galápagos Islands and the pyramids of Giza.
    AJC.com, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • Warming suppresses upwelling — which normally allows colder, deeper and nutrient-rich ocean water to rise closer to the surface.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Testosterone therapy suppresses the body's production of sperm and, in some cases, can lead to permanent infertility.
    Will Stone, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • Joffe, who is also president of the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, attributes the misleading ballot measure language to polling firms that test different language on voters to see what might be the most successful.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But Japan’s corporate culture shifted to reward caution over disruptive innovation, a trend that the World Economic Forum attributes to a cultural aversion to failure and risk.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Every prompt, retrieval, reasoning step and autonomous agent action consumes tokens that translate directly into cost.
    Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Naseej estimates that the UAE consumes roughly 500 million textile items annually and generates about 220,000 metric tons of textile waste, 88 percent of which ends up in landfill.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • According to Augmental, MouthPad's custom design minimizes its impact on speech.
    Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Early planning minimizes time spent renegotiating schedules and maximizes time supporting their child’s interests.
    Rebecca L. Palmer, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Court records that detail the circumstances of the May incident were not immediately available Monday.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2026
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    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Puts down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20down. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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