puts out

Definition of puts outnext
present tense third-person singular of put out
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as in exerts
to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival

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as in publishes
to produce and release for distribution in printed form though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog

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Recent Examples of puts out Ask About Restocking Schedules Not all HomeGoods locations restock on the same schedule, so don’t be afraid to ask an employee when your store typically puts out new merchandise. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026 In that sense, his art shares a spiritual DNA with autofiction, a literary style immortalized by many writers his publisher Semiotext(e) puts out. Sammy Loren, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 The American Psychiatric Association (APA) puts out the tome known in the field as the DSM-5. Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026 Each year, Condé Nast Traveler puts out their annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey (this year, the 38th edition) for thousands of adventurers to vote on the best in travel, from airports to hotels to resorts. Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025 Its Osram tri-color LED light source puts out 750 ISO lumens, which means that after-dark viewing parties will likely be on the cards – though the accompanying promo imagery does show it being used during the day. New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025 Antonoff really puts out as her producer, helping her cram the music full of nonstop twists and turns, with loads of Abba and Eurodisco. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • Musk owns around 42% of the total equity, but Musk exerts 85% control courtesy of his overwhelming ownership of the B’s.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • One is a compass-like mechanism, whereby the Earth exerts a pull on magnetic particles in a bird’s upper beak that relays directional information via a large nerve in the cranium.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
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  • Desmond successfully uncorks a stone plug at the island's core and extinguishes the light.
    Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
  • After the fish has dropped, a bucket of water from Enid Lake extinguishes the fire.
    Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
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  • What is the pettiest thing that annoys you during a race weekend?
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Seeing this much effort put into ripping off people annoys him.
    Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
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  • Hernandez is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
  • The report says Trump stands 75 inches tall and weighs 238 pounds, up 14 pounds from his April 2025 medical exam.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 30 May 2026
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  • There’s no escaping the truth at the combine—the league measures these guys down to the quarter inch, and publishes the findings online for everyone to see.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • Though Netflix ultimately publishes a data dump of all its viewership data across a six month span, its weekly lists inherently prop up Netflix’s (many) wins and hide its flops, even when Bloomberg not long ago reported that Netflix had one of its lowest viewing weeks ever recently.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
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  • The same applies during perimenopause, when cycle length and hormonal patterns become less predictable.
    Allison Palmer June 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • This offer applies to products under warranty and even some past the warranty period (which varies by product).
    Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
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  • What bothers me still is the Maloofs or (current ownership) never honored Rick with a special night.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • Shields added at the time that she's learned to speak up when something bothers her rather than assuming her spouse can read her mind.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
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  • There is one enemy, however, that still troubles him.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
  • What troubles me most about the manosphere documentary is not the influencers themselves.
    Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026

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“Puts out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20out. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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