puts

present tense third-person singular of put
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as in makes
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement put the time of the photograph at about noon

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as in bets
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds

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“Puts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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