puts by

verb

present tense third-person singular of put by
as in stores
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place have money put by for an emergency

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Recent Examples of puts by Call volumes doubled puts in back-to-back sessions Friday and Monday, with almost three times as many calls bought versus puts by midday Monday, according to data from ThinkOrSwim. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puts by
  1. stores
  2. stashes
  3. accumulates
Verb
  • CyberGuy previously reported that a Washington judge ruled Flock license plate reader images can qualify as public records, even when a private company stores the files for a city.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • The product, widely used in electronic devices such as laptops and smartphones, also stores the data that AI models need.
    — Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of stores
Verb
  • The larger case easily stows a Kindle or iPad Mini, power bank, digital camera, earbuds, and more; the smaller one stashes cords and adapters.
    — Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
  • To de-slime his pike, the Griz puts them in a paper grocery bag, then puts that bag in a larger garbage bag, and stashes it all in a cooler.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
Definition of stashes
Verb
  • Every piece of content must serve as a culturally relevant entry point that accumulates brand equity, especially when day-to-day audience engagement can be largely random.
    — Stefano Marrone, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Tennis players with wrist pain are often enduring tendonitis, which is inflammation of the tendons, or tenosynovitis, when fluid accumulates in the sheath that protects that tendon.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of accumulates

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“Puts by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20by. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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