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put by

verb

  1. tr, adverb to set aside (money, goods, etc) to be kept for the future; store; save
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see set aside , def. 1.
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As concisely put by John Locke, the brilliant 17th-century political philosopher who inspired America’s founders, “Where law ends, tyranny begins.”

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Johnson-Thompson produced a personal best in the shot put, by far one of her weakest disciplines, to remain in gold medal contention, before running the 800m of her life as she amassed the second-best score of her career in pursuit of the ultimate prize.

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Simply put by Chargers center Bradley Bozeman: “He really sees the game the way we see it.”

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Friday will be, simply put by Charles Dickens, “one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced the number of Palestinians killed - put by Gaza authorities at more than 11,000.

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