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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puts down
Verb
  • Trump dismisses warnings Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk have all called for greater government oversight of the industry after a series of hacks revealed AI agents conspiring to deceive humans.
    Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The report dismisses theories that the downfall of SVB was accelerated by rumors spreading on social media at the time.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • In late August, Luke Agada logs onto Zoom from his studio in Chicago, with two new paintings of surreal domestic landscapes mounted on the wall behind him.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Law enforcement agencies have partnered with the company to speed up investigations by having access to a database that logs vehicle information like license plate, make, model, dents or modifications.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Treatment plants catch much of what enters the system, but not all of it.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Moments later, Andrew enters the home and lights a pipe before meeting the same fate.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Far fewer teams can quantify how autosuggest modifiers alter user behavior, how star-rating variance suppresses click-through rates or how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and other AI platforms characterize their brand in response to real user queries.
    Paul M. Wilson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The fallen autumn leaves can be left in the garden to serve as a carbon-rich winter cover that suppresses weeds just as effectively as wood bark mulch.
    Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Bozovic attributes the influx of wealth into South Florida to high taxes in other states and Florida’s more pro-business climate.
    Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • SpaceX attributes the rest of its revenue to Starlink and AI.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Construction is especially exposed because the machinery that consumes heavy commodities like cement and gravel is all diesel driven.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Lynch said more than 60% of the audience already consumes the show only as a podcast.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The friction free surface reduces hair breakage and minimizes sleep wrinkles.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • This minimizes how much light reaches the living sample and yet can capture the rapid cilia movement at high resolution.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • While the technical crew records the president, the producer or reporter coordinates the live feed by phone, taking notes and asking questions.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Federal court records out of North Carolina indicate an Ericka Lomick was convicted in 2011 of mortgage fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of a plea deal.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Puts down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20down. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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