putting aside

present participle of put aside

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting aside
Verb
  • The plan discussed in committee would also create parameters for providers shutting off water service to residents.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • At one point, customers heard a rumor that SDG&E was shutting off electricity to the building — an alarming development that would have left the business’s freezers without power.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The storm brought with it one symbolic bit of dismantling.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
  • His work dismantling an illicit money-changing operation in Miami even earned him a public rebuke in 2010 from Hugo Chávez, Maduro’s predecessor.
    Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Putting aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putting%20aside. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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