puts down

present tense third-person singular of put down
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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 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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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. 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
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Verb
  • Israel dismisses Hamas’ announcement as meaningless political spin.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Amon, a Brazilian engineer who joined Qualcomm 30 years ago and became its CEO in 2021, dismisses the notion that this is all too much for Qualcomm to chase at once, saying the company has been on this reinvention path many times before.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 June 2026
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  • Concerns about inflation, debt, retirement savings or unexpected expenses do not simply disappear because someone logs into work.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • All of these updates could help address some of the quirks The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy noticed while trying out Google’s updated smart home system last year, like event logs with detailed descriptions of people who weren’t there, and things that didn’t happen.
    Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 23 June 2026
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  • Phil Mafah enters his second season fully healthy and with the momentum of a strong offseason in the eyes of his coaches.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Mack’s appointment represents the latest addition to the accomplished executive leadership team assembled by Vazquez as BKB enters its next phase of global growth.
    James Varsallone, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
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  • Normally, this modifier gene suppresses the creation of a second kind of hemoglobin, typically made only during fetal development; repressing the gene prompts cells to start making the fetal form of hemoglobin again, which acts as a backup.
    Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • Enbrel partially suppresses the immune system, reducing damage from rheumatoid arthritis and five other diseases where the body attacks its own tissues.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 7 July 2026
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  • Warren's report attributes up to $15 billion in consumer costs to the CFPB's decision to abandon a rule capping most credit card late fees at $8, a regulation the agency previously estimated would save consumers roughly $10 billion annually.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Temilola Adeoye, a comedian, writer and content creator in New York City,attributes this behavior to shortcomings in intellect and literacy — or to a desire to have one’s intellect validated by others.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
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  • Clinical judgment will continue to be exercised, just freed from the administrative burden that consumes most of the day.
    Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • If the human body has a limited energy budget, trade-offs will naturally arise when one biological process consumes more than its typical share.
    Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026
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  • Placing the heavy shielding and reactor components in the middle minimizes the physical stress caused by bending moments at sea and insulates the nuclear systems from external side-impact collisions.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • The 10-mm heel drop (the difference in height between the heel and front of the foot) minimizes pressure when landing and takes stress off the Achilles.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
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  • What the 2023 Sleep Study Found The research by Haibin Li and Frank Qian analyzed data from the National Health Interview Survey (1997-2018), linked to National Death Index records through December 31, 2019.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • But now, a study published in Ecology and Evolution records the predation of frogs by a family of harvestmen (Opiliones), suggesting that such ecological interactions may be more widespread than previously thought.
    Jay Kakade July 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026

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