PUT BY Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

put by

verb

Definition of put by

as in to store

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place have money put by for an emergency

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Recent Examples of put by Flip the script and set up an entryway for staying put by placing a comfy daybed by the door. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025 Rose picked up well over five strokes on the field on the greens, leading the field in strokes gained putting by a wide margin. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 While a few noted that the croissant had decent flavor, most were off-put by the lack of color and dough-like texture. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024 When the smoke cleared, leaving stains on the green that didn’t affect their shots, Scheffler, who missed birdie puts by inches on 16 and 17, came up an inch short again on his 26-footer. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for put by

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But dating apps are not largely not transparent about how personal information is stored, analyzed, and shared and require you to legally consent to sharing data.

— Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
This far exceeds the carbon stored in the world’s forest biomass, despite forests covering a much larger area.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of store

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The bar is lower than the basement room Luann got stashed in at Ramona’s Hamptons house.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
This is the God of end-times preppers, the God who stashes clues to Armageddon in sacred texts like so many colored eggs at Easter.

— David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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For him, the house’s value lay in its proximity to the sea, and in its basement – essentially a garage, with good lighting and an inspection pit – which connected to the coast road along a short steep concrete ramp.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
The challenge lay in orchestrating these systems simultaneously.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

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