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Recent Examples of put about
Launchpad leases the building from a nonprofit and has put about $100,000 toward it for renovations.
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Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
On our last mortgage, this put about $60 toward our principal each month.
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Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Exeter put about $1 million of renovations into the property, according to a 2022 independent appraisal the county got.
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Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
12 Dec. 2025
Portugal’s new program requires prospective visa holders to put about $500,000 into qualifying investment, venture capital funds and scientific or technological research.
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Ashley J. Dimella,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
On our last mortgage, this put about $60 toward our principal each month.
—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Exeter put about $1 million of renovations into the property, according to a 2022 independent appraisal the county got.
—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
12 Dec. 2025
Portugal’s new program requires prospective visa holders to put about $500,000 into qualifying investment, venture capital funds and scientific or technological research.
—
Ashley J. Dimella,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put about
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Norway sat off during the second half, holding their 4-5-1 shape, and the Ivory Coast equaliser came about from a system switch and double sub.
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Coward came about with the help of the Tax Shelter Measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka & Lumière Invest.
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Lionel Messi is turning back the clock and adding to the record books again.
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Climbing parties on the Normal Route had turned back earlier in the day.
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But after seven wins in nine games, even some of Carrick’s more sceptical colleagues from playing days must be coming round to his candidacy by now.
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Smalls come round and large pizzas are sheet-pan-style.
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The experience feels less like touring a luxury property and more like being welcomed into someone’s home—the atmosphere the team set out to create.
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The government finally released the bulk of the Epstein files in January, weeks after the 30-day deadline set out in the act, but has continued to face criticism over its handling of the documents.
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In Canton, Ohio, a 46-year-old woman was shot in the back while asleep in bed after a man and others reportedly fired weapons into the air and set off fireworks to celebrate the holiday late Friday night.
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Kevin Pina’s rocket set off an eruption of joy, only for Cape Verde to trail at half-time mostly because of Maximiliano Araujo, the only Uruguay attacker showing any semblance of form.
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That reverses a downtrend in April and May, when volume fell.
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The air base was originally slated for closure in 2011 as part of a broader restructuring of Germany’s armed forces, but that plan was reversed in 2021 after years of uncertainty over the site’s future.
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