PUTTING IN (FOR) Synonyms: 11 Similar Words

putting in (for)

verb

present participle of put in (for)

as in requesting

to give a request or demand for several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December

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Following her disappearance, Goods’ family told KTNV that someone started responding to messages using her phone, requesting money and Bitcoin.

— Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
Estime-Irvin did not immediately return phone calls requesting comment.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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Odysseus ended up lashing himself to the mast and ordering his crew to plug their ears with wax.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Ezequiel ‘Wicked’ Romo reinvented Blythe Street as an enforcement arm for the Mexican Mafia, directing business and ordering murders from his prison cell.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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