How to Use put about in a Sentence

put about

verb
Definition of put aboutnext
Synonyms for put aboutnext
  • The Postal Service used to put about 20% of your mail on airplanes to move it across the country.
    — Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The Stiebelings put about 6,000 miles on their Itasca each year but plan to take longer trips down the road.
    — Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • He's put about 6,000 miles on the Vespa since buying it eight months ago.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 2 July 2021
  • In response, the county wants to put about one million cubic yards of sand on the beach.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The Postal Service used to put about 20 percent of your mail on airplanes to move it across the country.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Hollinger took Polaroids of trees, boiled the prints (sure, why not?) and put about a dozen of the distressed emulsions in a vitrine.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018
  • That put about 1,000 more red spots on the map and led him to believe the broadband should be offered districtwide.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
  • At the time, the United States had put about 30 kg of small satellites into orbit.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2022
  • So, that 2 MJ in a 1 liter battery would be able to put about 1 MJ towards driving a car.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The game's world is as red as Carrie on prom night and puts about as much value on human life.
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Since then, Woods and his wife, Alicia, have put about 80 yearlings through the rose veal program.
    — Keith Pandolfi, Saveur, 15 May 2024
  • Evers’ plan and the GOP plan would put about the same amount of money toward transportation projects over the next two years.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2019
  • Colangelo said some put about a fifth of vodka in their drinks, which is the equivalent of about 16 shots.
    — Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Walczak put about $1,000 into getting the show off the ground, but asks for little in return.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Dampen your fingertips, then put about a quarter-size drop of cleanser in your hand.
    — Dr. Leslie Baumann, miamiherald, 3 July 2018
  • On average, Even’s users are able to put about $167 into savings in their first three months of using the app.
    — Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The firm put about $580 million of equity into the purchase.
    — Peter Grant, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Last year, the state’s automakers put about 1 million vehicles on the road.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 14 July 2023
  • That puts about 10 percent of that that carbon back into the atmosphere.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, Marines can put about six miles between them and a dangerous threat, but still be able to precisely strike.
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • The prosecution planned to put about 45 witnesses on the stand during the trial.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024
  • Researchers there put about 20 human drivers on a circular track and asked them to drive at a constant speed.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Brown and Democratic leaders want to put about $2 billion in the emergency fund.
    — Adam Ashton, sacbee, 13 June 2018
  • To-date, SpaceX has put about 2,000 Starlink satellites into orbit.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The woman complied and put about $200 from the register in a bag, according to police reports.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Working with 1 eggplant slice at a time, put about 1 tablespoon of the filling on the more tapered end of an eggplant slice and roll it up to enclose the filling.
    — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The remake, simply put about a couple of kids being traumatized by a killer clown, premiered back in 2017, but its second part will be out next month.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 23 Aug. 2019
  • O’Connor and his staff put about a year into research and development for the songs and another six months to get recordings finished.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Together, the sales and adoptions put about 7,000 horses into private hands last year, not enough even to keep pace with roundups, let alone draw down the number now warehoused.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2020
  • Regardless, there is something off-putting about the importance that has been bestowed on these shrines, as if the players who fall short must measure their triumphs with a grain of salt.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020

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