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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 More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

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As the motor rotates the end, the rod deforms and stores elastic energy.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
Parfums Christian Dior stores the rest of its archives not far from Paris, in a nearly 3,300-square-foot space.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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This is the God of end-times preppers, the God who stashes clues to Armageddon in sacred texts like so many colored eggs at Easter.

— David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
This one stashes easily in a bag, adds a warming layer while in flight, can be worn as a scarf, and adds a dressy element to even casual looks.

— Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026

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Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Research has demonstrated the importance of initiating appropriate treatment early in the course of disease, before neurological damage accumulates.

— Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026

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