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putting

  • present participle
    of put.
    put
    verb (used with object)
    to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position.
  • present participle
    of putt.
    putt
    verb (used with or without object)
    to strike (a gollf ball) gently so as to make it roll along the green into the hole.

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Instead of putting faith in talks, they took the past two months to prepare for a bigger fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Paralympic swimming trials was faster than the times she was putting up to be recruited for Division I schools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Telegram channels -- sifting through intelligence data -- close the information gap, putting out daily forecasts on the probability of different types of attacks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The states are putting their claims to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a chief federal judge in California.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

I tried not to rush as I trailed Meg, pausing and dipping a knee or putting a hand on my hip in a half-hearted imitation of her.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu