pump
noun
an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
have pumped
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present perfectof pump.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“It is just some really jaw-dropping, astonishing amounts of money that some of these top donors have pumped into the 2026 midterms,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Gulf leaders and their sovereign-wealth funds have pumped billions of dollars into everything from massive funding rounds by OpenAI, the $55 billion buyout of Electronic Arts and the takeover of Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Traders remain on guard about developments in the tech space as they worry that the hundreds of billions firms have pumped into AI may not see any returns for some time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
They have pumped coins into the Zak Crawley fruit machine in the hope he pays out in Australia and Ben Duckett is among the premier openers in the world.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
I thought the doctor might have pumped somebody's stomach and then analyzed what he found in his hotel laboratory.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
