put by
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Simply put, by any measure, Riley’s offense has been much worse away from home this season.
From Los Angeles Times
And he wanted his favorite rocking chair, the one that eased his stiff back, brought in and put by the fireplace.
From Literature
As it was put by the New York Times’ Kate Conger, who co-wrote a book about Musk’s buyout of Twitter: “I need you to remember we are not dealing with a 4-d chess guy, or a chess guy, or even a checkers guy.”
From Slate
She said the ruling had failed to consider human rights arguments that would have been put by trans people and the judgement had left her with the legal "nonsense" of being "two sexes at once".
From BBC
She said the court had failed to consider human rights arguments that would have been put by trans people and the judgement had left her with the legal "nonsense" of being "two sexes at once".
From BBC
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