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put forward

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Definition of put forward

as in suggest

to set before the mind for consideration She put forward some clever ideas during last week's meeting.

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Recent Examples of put forward Jason Hansberger, director of the DAF-Stanford AI Studio, talked about his experience in the defense industry, and put forward a novel suggestion involving two different modes of thinking about autonomous design. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Israel is rejecting a 15-point Gaza proposal put forward by the Board of Peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, declaring that Israeli forces will not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas fully gives up its weapons. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Their goal was to test the leading theory, first put forward in the 1980s, that turbulence — the irregular motion of air currents in the atmosphere — caused shadow bands. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Around the same period, plans were also put forward for Lee Highway. — Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for put forward

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put forth

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Facing the less-than-impressed detectives, Bret puts forth his theory of the Trawler, which he’s largely cribbed from Joan Didion’s writing on Charles Manson.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
The House of Representatives has put forth the SELF DRIVE Act — the first version of a federal autonomous vehicle framework that includes heavy trucks.

— Mark Dalton, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026

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