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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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
Supply-chain issues have pumped up the cost of everything from groceries to clothing to cars.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
In recent years, Saudi investors have pumped rural water to grow feed for cattle exported back to the Arabian Peninsula, and hedge funds are competing to pump and sell water to towns near Phoenix.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 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
