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putting out

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verb

present participle of put out
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as in exerting
to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival

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as in publishing
to produce and release for distribution in printed form though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting out
Verb
  • Chinese automakers are exerting extraordinary pressure on their competitors in the EV space.
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Will such laws potentially hamper AI advancement and place our country at a disadvantage over others (see my analysis of AI advances as a form of exerting national political power on the world stage, at the link here).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Rodin Cars The big idea behind Rodin is to build cars without bothering about vehicle regulations – in stark contrast to F1 cars, which are subject to several rules around how they're put together.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The city and state have also been ramping up efforts to engage troubled vagrants sleeping and sometimes bothering straphangers, connecting them with services and shelter and potentially involuntary treatment.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Truly pocket sized and weighing just 165g, FiiO says this is the ideal travel companion thanks to 12 hours of battery life and a two-hour fast-charge mode.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • This 2,000-tonne contraption would be lowered on a string of pipe weighing 2,000 tonnes, and grapple the wreck weighing 4,000 tonnes.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Co-financiers included the Swedish Film Institute, Eurimages, the Norwegian Film Institute, the Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Czech Film Fund production incentives, Creative Europe Media, Lindholmen Science Park and Yle.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Ryan Canfield is a digital production assistant for Fox News Digital.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Anglerfish ancestors lived on the seafloor and maneuvered around using specialized stout fins, much like their close relatives the batfishes and frogfishes.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At the core of the company’s operation is the aim of developing the technological skills of all sorts of large organizations using AI.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Since its publishing, the video has been viewed more than 50,000 times and attracted hundreds of comments.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The company has recently inked deals with Legendary Entertainment, Scholastic, Roblox, and other notable partners, expanding the Poppy Playtime universe into film and publishing.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Law school in Houston After applying to Texas Southern University in Houston, the school dean called him and told him frankly that the school needed to recruit more Latino people to justify its existence with a diverse student body to the state legislature.
    Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Herrick before applying the Ilia Limitless Mascara.
    Nicola Dall'Asen, Allure, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday for publication in the following Thursday’s paper.
    Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Putting out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putting%20out. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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