How to Use put by in a Sentence

put by

verb
  • 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, 7 Mar. 2026
  • More than three times as many calls traded as puts by volume, and more calls were bought than sold, with more than 114,000 calls likely bought.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • This tidal locking, simply put by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is the result of the gravitational effect of the Earth on the Moon.
    — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Call volume outpaced puts by more than double on Monday, though more calls were exchanged at the bid or below, meaning likely sold, according to ThinkOrSwim data.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • Even after huge moves in ServiceNow, Salesforce and Oracle on Friday, call option volumes in each stock outpaced puts by a factor of 5, according to data from ThinkOrSwim.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • Options volume in Direxion's triple-levered inverse semiconductor ETF (SOXS) is more than three times the daily average the past month and calls are outpacing puts by more than six-to-one, according to data from ThinkOrSwim.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 23 June 2026

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