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as in placing
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
you can put this box next to the bookshelf
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as in saying
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
tried to think of a good way of putting the news
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as in estimating
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
put the time of the photograph at about noon
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as in imposing
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries
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as in adjusting
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song
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as in betting
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event
deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds
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Recent Examples of putting
These good Samaritans respond to rescue calls at any hour of the day, often putting their own safety at risk.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
The pessimists believe that robots will take over human jobs, putting millions out of work.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
In another high-profile dispute, the union representing film and television actors in November struck a new labor contract with Hollywood studios that raised performers' pay while putting guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
What’s more, dense breast tissue can obscure cancer on a mammogram, making early detection more difficult and putting these women at higher risk.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Oct. 2024
Employee turnover will likely increase, putting you in a difficult situation with your clients.
—Kelley Swing, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Allen Media Group, the owner of TV’s Weather Channel and 27 TV stations, is putting Nielsen in a closer embrace after giving the measurement giant a colder shoulder last year.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
The pessimists believe that robots will take over human jobs, putting millions out of work.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
In another high-profile dispute, the union representing film and television actors in November struck a new labor contract with Hollywood studios that raised performers' pay while putting guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
What’s more, dense breast tissue can obscure cancer on a mammogram, making early detection more difficult and putting these women at higher risk.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Oct. 2024
Employee turnover will likely increase, putting you in a difficult situation with your clients.
—Kelley Swing, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Allen Media Group, the owner of TV’s Weather Channel and 27 TV stations, is putting Nielsen in a closer embrace after giving the measurement giant a colder shoulder last year.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Witnesses told investigators that Thomas was seen hours later struggling to drag something wrapped in a blue tarp down the apartment building stairs before placing the tarp in Abraham’s car, according to the affidavit.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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To control these pests that eat holes in the kale leaves, prevent them from getting to the plants by placing row covers over them in late spring and early summer.Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2024
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This data can even be made available for training general-purpose vision and language AI models that are useful outside of a robotic process, such as estimating the root cause of why a barcode was not successfully scanned.Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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First, estimating the probability of rare events requires increasingly large amounts of data.Kathie Dello, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
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The new Kicks also takes on a more upright, imposing look than the ’24 model, which offered only front-wheel drive and looked more like a small wagon.Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024
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No Home Record shoves these histories into a blender, imposing its noisy will upon a sleeping world, middle fingers raised.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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In order to speed up service, Metro Transit is in part moving fare collection off of vehicles and adjusting its services to the changes in ridership, Kerr said.Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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Longduoduo continues to focus on improving its operations and adjusting its operational policies in response to the economic environment.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Polymarket, which Coplan founded in 2020, has recently been the subject of intense debate and scrutiny over its creation of election betting markets.Sophia Pargas, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Monitoring the bets on swing states played an interesting role in this year’s election, Zitzewitz said, with constantly updating betting markets helping to give people a quicker idea of who may be leading, as opposed to polls.Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Baby boomers are the most likely generation to be working multiple jobs at once, as inflation and high costs of living are making retirement a more distant dream.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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In fact, the upstarts of fintech already are making inroads into the private credit industry.Don Muir, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Access to Tesla’s charging network should help.Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
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Tesla’s ambitious plans also include developing a new version of the 4680 cell using silicon carbon anodes, a material known to improve energy density, battery range, and charging speed.Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Storied actor Denzel Washington has taken on the project of adapting August Wilson’s cycle of 10 plays that portray slices of Black life in each decade of the 1900s.Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Netflix is adapting In the Likely Event, a novel by Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Putting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putting. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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