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
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  • After roll call and then assisting a man who sought to change his address, Judge Cho dismisses the other immigrants without speaking to them individually.
    Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Heritage Foundation’s Yenor dismisses the notion that elite sports pose any threat to male fertility, observing to SciAm that, since 1990, Super Bowl–winning quarterbacks have had a higher than average number of children.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • The screen porch is the family’s favorite spot in the summer, and Old logs hours there reading or working on needlepoint projects.
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For mills, the platform logs article selections, price discussions and keeps track of what a client has sampled—costly investment by mills that is often overlooked by brands.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yet even as his tenure enters its countdown, Duffy continues to lead a critical fight over the regulatory boundaries of derivatives markets.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Moon enters Pisces and your 1st House of Self, bringing your mood, body, instincts, and personal needs into focus.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • When your fat cells are adequately stocked with fat, leptin levels are high, and your brain suppresses appetite.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Warming suppresses upwelling — which normally allows colder, deeper and nutrient-rich ocean water to rise closer to the surface.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, attributes the root cause to sluggish economic growth.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • While the department attributes the opacity around its procurement and distribution of its massive, $1 trillion budget to the sheer size of the agency and its responsibilities, the GAO has found evidence instead of pervasive money mismanagement.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • That figure assumes the vehicle consumes 100 watt-hours per mile and its solar panels deliver at least four kWh of usable energy to the battery during the day.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Many facilities use evaporative cooling, which consumes water to remove server heat.
    Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • In order to keep playing shows these past few years, Frampton has devoted himself to an intensive workout regime that minimizes the impact of IBM.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Spreading the drawdown across multiple stable caverns at all four storage sites minimizes sudden pressure drops and fluid turbulence.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • Defensive player of the week Senior defensive back/wide receiver Luke Sickmeir records two of Wauconda’s four interceptions and six tackles — and also makes a touchdown catch — in a 32-21 nonconference win over Hinsdale South.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of capturing screenshots or screen recordings, OpenAI says Computer History records interaction events.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Puts down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20down. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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