puts down

present tense third-person singular of put down
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as in enters
to put (someone or something) on a list put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip

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as in attributes
to explain (something) as being the result of something else a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience

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Recent Examples of puts down Let’s say the buyer puts down 25% or $213,750, giving him/her a mortgage balance of $641,250. Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026 Private Mortgage Insurance, known as PMI, is typically required when a buyer puts down less than 20% of the purchase price. Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025 As for the other Bridgertons, Francesca (Hannah Dodd) is mourning the loss of her husband John (Victor Alli), Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is still avoiding men and Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) puts down her Lady Whistledown pen for good. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
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Verb
  • Amon, a Brazilian engineer who joined Qualcomm 30 years ago and became its CEO in 2021, dismisses the notion that this is all too much for Qualcomm to chase at once, saying the company has been on this reinvention path many times before.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • De Borbon dismisses the accusations as coming from a small group of disgruntled owners.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
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  • All of these updates could help address some of the quirks The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy noticed while trying out Google’s updated smart home system last year, like event logs with detailed descriptions of people who weren’t there, and things that didn’t happen.
    Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 23 June 2026
  • OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a German startup that keeps software agents working in a secure cloud after the developer who started the task logs off.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
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  • As the match enters a hydration break, Austria — which has already gone for broke with four substitutions this half — will have to try something different to rally.
    Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Sudo enters as the dominant force in the women’s division, seeking her 12th victory.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
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  • Nieusma notes that calendula grows low to the ground, forming a ground cover that shades the soil and suppresses weeds.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026
  • Healthy soil retains more water, cycles more nutrients and suppresses more pests, all work that conventional operations purchase as fertilizer, irrigation and insecticide.
    Tenzin Seldon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The Federal Reserve attributes much of the gap to a capital stock the United States renews faster than anyone else, and the IMF to European firms that stay too small and invest too little to reach the frontier.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Engel attributes the retention to the bonds built at the residency.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
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  • Yet a cannabis marketer who consumes — or, just as notably, one who doesn’t — often finds their professional credibility subjected to a level of scrutiny that has no real parallel elsewhere.
    Peter Su, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • One early target is underground mine ventilation, which consumes a significant share of electricity at subsurface operations.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
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  • The standard razor features a moisturizer bar infused with aloe and shea butter, which helps the five sharp blades to glide smoothly over your skin and minimizes irritation.
    Sara Coughlin, Allure, 5 July 2026
  • These days, some displays use drone shows instead of combustible pyrotechnics, which further minimizes the fire risk.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
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  • The Lamine Yamal of his day, who similarly broke a number of youngest goalscorer and appearance maker records for club and country, struggled with injuries and has been sold to AS Monaco.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • For families trying to understand who can file, what records to gather, and how Texas courts evaluate wrongful death economic damages, reviewing a plain-language overview of the Texas Wrongful Death Act is a solid starting point.
    William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026

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“Puts down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20down. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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