putting aside

verb

present participle of put aside
as in phasing out

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  1. shutting off
  2. dismantling
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  • The disruptive nature of transposons may have required organisms to evolve new methods of shutting off their activity.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Kenji's intestines, for no obvious reason, had suddenly twisted, shutting off the blood supply.
    — Robbie Owens, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of shutting off
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  • That ruled out conventional dismantling for much of the fleet.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Growing reliance on SaaS and PaaS is dismantling the barriers that have kept CIOs from rising further.
    — Mike Trkay, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismantling
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“Putting aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putting%20aside. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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