PUTS BY Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

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 three times as many calls traded as puts by volume, and more calls were bought than sold, with more than 114,000 calls likely bought. —

Oliver Renick, CNBC, 2 June 2026

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In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.

— Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Rigorous testing The new device is a supercapacitor, a type of energy-storage technology that stores energy by separating electrical charges rather than through chemical reactions.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026