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put by

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to set aside (money, goods, etc) to be kept for the future; store; save

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

put by Idioms  
  1. see set aside, def. 1.


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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

As concisely put by John Locke, the brilliant 17th-century political philosopher who inspired America’s founders, “Where law ends, tyranny begins.”

From Salon Sep. 3, 2024

Simply put by Chargers center Bradley Bozeman: “He really sees the game the way we see it.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2024

Hornet switched on the lamp, which Ida had put by her bedside so she could read in the evenings.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

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