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as in dismisses
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism
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2
as in logs
to make a written note of
we had the whole agreement put down on paper
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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 suppresses
to put a stop to (something) by the use of force
a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings
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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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as in consumes
to take in as food
the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puts down
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De Borbon dismisses the accusations as coming from a small group of disgruntled owners.
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Bisignano dismisses the criticism.
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OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a German startup that keeps software agents working in a secure cloud after the developer who started the task logs off.
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Its streamlined, lightweight architecture tracks a daily sleep score and logs your vital metrics, using a glass display that is twice as scratch-resistant as that of previous models.
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Having spent more than 30 years in the makeup industry, founder and makeup artist Jung Saem Mool knows great makeup starts long before foundation enters the picture.
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At the same moment Joel’s SUV enters the intersection on red, an eastbound Cadillac Escalade approaches on green and the two vehicles collide.
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Healthy soil retains more water, cycles more nutrients and suppresses more pests, all work that conventional operations purchase as fertilizer, irrigation and insecticide.
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Cardboard suppresses weeds, enriches soil, and is useful for new garden beds as sheet mulching or a base layer.
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Palestra’s versatility is one of his standout attributes.
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Andrabi attributes Democratic failure to Harris’ uninspiring centrism, and there were certainly people who declined to vote for her out of disgust with Biden’s unstinting support for Israel.
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Every company generates or consumes capital.
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All in all, the researchers estimated their new device consumes at most one-tenth the power of current state-of-the-art electronic neuromorphic hardware.
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This minimizes risks to do with data breaches and unauthorized access.
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This helps support the weight of the lights and minimizes drooping.
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Each square creates ultrasonic waves and records the ripples back at millions of times per second.
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The type of die CEA-Leti bonded to their wafer was a test vehicle, which records information to evaluate electrical connections.
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“Puts down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20down. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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