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Recent Examples of put across
Stalin’s resolute putting across of these two ideas, of course, did much to divide the world.
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
The Finnish conductor, 39, is a singular sight before an orchestra — bushy-haired, bony, and armed with an arsenal of gestures that put across his intentions with striking specificity.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The downside of putting across the board tariffs in place, McCaul added, is consumer prices could increase.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Very few directors working today can put across a movie like Gladiator II as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Yet the Chills’ music put across an abiding belief in the power of a great song.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024
This production — directed, like the original, by Des McAnuff — won’t provide that, being less interested in trying to put across the story (by McAnuff and Townshend) than in obscuring it with relentless noise and banal imagery.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
This gesture did not read so well in the church’s large space, with intrusions from outdoor sounds and indoor fans; the breathing could have been exaggerated more to put across Trumbore’s point.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
The Finnish conductor, 39, is a singular sight before an orchestra — bushy-haired, bony, and armed with an arsenal of gestures that put across his intentions with striking specificity.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The downside of putting across the board tariffs in place, McCaul added, is consumer prices could increase.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Very few directors working today can put across a movie like Gladiator II as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Yet the Chills’ music put across an abiding belief in the power of a great song.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024
This production — directed, like the original, by Des McAnuff — won’t provide that, being less interested in trying to put across the story (by McAnuff and Townshend) than in obscuring it with relentless noise and banal imagery.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
This gesture did not read so well in the church’s large space, with intrusions from outdoor sounds and indoor fans; the breathing could have been exaggerated more to put across Trumbore’s point.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put across
Verb
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At 48 years old, the veteran has been used to put over the next generation of superstars.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The market is putting over 85% odds on a cut, according to the CME FedWatch tool.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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An interface that gives the user no choices but still must be interacted with is maximally inefficient because the user must do some non-zero amount of work to communicate absolutely no information.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Essentially, if both partners are willing to reflect, communicate openly, and take tangible steps to improve the relationship, there’s potential for growth.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After analyzing over 2,000 hours of ocean acoustic recordings gathered over 12 years, marine biologists say that groupers convey specific messages to one another about courtship and territory with their grunts.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Sep. 2025
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As its name is meant to convey, Deep Research performs complex, multi-step research on the Internet by tapping into a large array of resources, including a user’s email inbox, documents, and other resources.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Put across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20across. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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