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as in extinguishing
to cause to cease burning
put out the campfire before leaving
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as in bothering
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house
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as in weighing
to cause discomfort to or trouble for
if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?
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as in publishing
to produce and release for distribution in printed form
though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog
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Recent Examples of putting out
Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, diplomacy is busy putting out different flames.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
These teases run counter to the messaging Grande has been putting out since last year about not doing another album anytime soon.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
The Office of Early Childhood is spending $750,000 and putting out a request for proposals to contract with an agency that will provide case management statewide for families in the Head Start on Housing.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
But Mullin will simultaneously be putting out fires that senior officials say were set by Noem and Lewandowski, a special government employee who is reported to have engaged in an extramarital affair with Noem since 2019.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
Pahlavi’s team began putting out various plans to further erode the regime’s authority, calling on workers to strike and releasing a QR code through which defectors in the state security forces could sign on to his project, which Pahlavi claimed had elicited fifty thousand responses.
—Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Paperback imprints like Vintage and Picador, as well as a great number of indie press imprints, are putting out new and impressive originals regularly.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
The Chicago native worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and George Fred Keck during the 1950s before nabbing two architecture degrees in as many years from Yale’s School of Architecture and then putting out his own shingle in 1962.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
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With the state’s bragging rights at stake, Romolo is putting out a call for citizen scientists to sign up to volunteer.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, diplomacy is busy putting out different flames.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
These teases run counter to the messaging Grande has been putting out since last year about not doing another album anytime soon.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
The Office of Early Childhood is spending $750,000 and putting out a request for proposals to contract with an agency that will provide case management statewide for families in the Head Start on Housing.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
But Mullin will simultaneously be putting out fires that senior officials say were set by Noem and Lewandowski, a special government employee who is reported to have engaged in an extramarital affair with Noem since 2019.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
Pahlavi’s team began putting out various plans to further erode the regime’s authority, calling on workers to strike and releasing a QR code through which defectors in the state security forces could sign on to his project, which Pahlavi claimed had elicited fifty thousand responses.
—Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Paperback imprints like Vintage and Picador, as well as a great number of indie press imprints, are putting out new and impressive originals regularly.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
The Chicago native worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and George Fred Keck during the 1950s before nabbing two architecture degrees in as many years from Yale’s School of Architecture and then putting out his own shingle in 1962.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting out
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The researchers found that months after returning to Earth from space, astronauts had trouble exerting the correct amount of force to properly grip an object.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Completing an easy, accomplishable responsibility lets workers still feel productive without exerting too much mental effort.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Similar to the first incident, the train was pulled into the rail yard, near the 500 block of Mission Road, where LAFD crews got to work extinguishing the flames.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The cigar ashes were traced to Hilary Brooke Inman, 38, of Marion, who faces a misdemeanor charge of starting a woodland fire and not extinguishing it, state officials said.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Sit there like nothing is bothering you.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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But that doesn’t excuse failing to execute on the ABCs of lobbying — such as not bothering even to show up at a hearing on a policy the mayor considers an urgent priority.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The state’s highest court, the SJC, heard arguments in a community lawsuit filed by the Defenders and Emerald Necklace Conservancy earlier this month, and is weighing its claim that the project’s professional soccer use would illegally privatize public parkland.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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He was found weak and malnourished in the mountains of Ventura County — weighing only 17 pounds.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But McMahon was not interested in publishing white papers.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The two researchers began compiling and publishing their joint reflections on game strategies, and this culminated in the nearly 700-page book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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Co-productions can cut even closer than that.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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The International Energy Agency reported that global production was up 3% in 2025.—
Dave Trecker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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Sadie Benning and Michael Almereyda have found ghostly, evocative textures using Pixelvision, a Fisher-Price toy camera from the late 1980s.—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Redick worked with James’ trainer Mike Mancias to ensure his 41-year-old star’s durability in the final aughts of the game – the four-time NBA MVP eventually playing a team-high 45 minutes while using any opportunity to sink to the floor for a breather.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes, rage bait can be relatively harmless – a recipe that contains disgusting food combinations or someone annoying their pet, partner or sibling.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
1 Dec. 2025
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But what’s been annoying me even more is that these women should have been trained by producers to start recording on their own cell phones if drama starts to unfold after cameras go down.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2025
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“Putting out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putting%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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