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put out

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verb

1
as in to exert
to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival

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2
as in to extinguish
to cause to cease burning put out the campfire before leaving

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as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog

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Recent Examples of put out
Verb
By not putting out a press release or social media post announcing their Kalshi partnerships, both MLB clubs avoided the kind of embarrassing backlash that befell the New York Mets a few weeks ago. Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said that there were no casualties, but the museum’s building and artwork took a big hit as firefighters tried to put out the fire. Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Whenever the household experienced a milestone — a reunion, for example — Dick and Bunny would put out banners to mark the occasion. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Firefighters put out another fire Saturday at a vacant apartment complex in Kansas City that has been ablaze more than 20 times in the past year, according to a Kansas City Fire Department estimate. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for put out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put out
Adjective
  • Bad, fine, and stressed are obvious candidates, but your favorite might be overwhelmed, annoyed, or tired.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Economists and the commentariat, playing the role of the annoyed parent, point out that over-all employment has been strong for a while.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Heat cramps typically occur after exerting yourself in the heat and sweating a lot.
    Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Aug. 2026
  • According to the sheriff's office, Awais used his property-management companies and his relationships with association board members to exert control over the organizations' operations and finances.
    Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Emergency workers continued to extinguish fires and identify and neutralize explosive devices at the site in the village of Myla, Zelenskyy added.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Emergency workers continued to extinguish fires and identify and neutralize explosive devices at the site in the village of Myla, Zelensky added.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • That very same thing is what annoys Liz about Charles 500 years later.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • At Wintrust Arena, Freedom didn’t just annoy Cloud and other players.
    Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The 10-photo carousel included the first photos of their baby boy, who entered the world weighing 8 lbs.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Ivan's driver, a cheerful man in a balaclava, tells them that the bus weighs seventy thousand pounds.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For businesses and marketers LinkedIn’s experiment is a valuable reminder to avoid publishing AI saturated content.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The ⁠message was published on Khamenei’s Telegram account for Islamic Unity Week, which marks the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.
    Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Nice people may of course become irritated, disappointed, jealous, or defensive, since niceness does not require sainthood.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Soto, looking irritated, reaches out and slaps him upside the head.
    Sylvia Varnham O’Regan, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that applies to more than 1 million people in San Diego County, mostly across inland valleys, foothills and mountains where high temperatures will approach or exceed 95 to 114 degrees.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The study found the models understood concepts such as the Kelly criterion and Merton share in theory but struggled to apply appropriate risk management when making actual simulated trading decisions.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Put out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20out. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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