put about
Britishverb
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nautical to change course or cause to change course
we put about and headed for home
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(tr) to make widely known
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(tr; usually passive) to disconcert or disturb
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According to my calculations, I can put about a quarter of my money into defined maturity ETFs, where the ETF liquidates and shuts down in the year you buy it, so it’s held until maturity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
“If her first application gets rejected, then she can file a slightly different one, and get a different examiner, and get it through. She’s probably put about $100K into this process.”
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
In 2024, humans put about 41.6 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent in the atmosphere.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
Over the past year, I calculate I’ve saved about $453 on gasoline, having put about 11,000 miles on the vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
We put about vases of flowers and dressed in our best clothes.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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