put by
Britishverb
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One move was “product reconfiguration and qualifying lower-cost components,” as put by chief financial officer Karen Parkhill on the earnings call.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
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 ● Apr. 29, 2025
Simply put by Chargers center Bradley Bozeman: “He really sees the game the way we see it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
Friday will be, simply put by Charles Dickens, “one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
No one wanted to go to bed when at ten o’clock Mrs. March put by the last finished job, and said, “Come girls.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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