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Noun
His dreams were shattered right in front of him, yet Hovland immediately put his putter down and clapped with pure appreciation.—Brody Miller, New York Times, 16 June 2025 The moment couldn’t have been scripted any better for J.J. Spaun -- or for the maker of his putter for that matter.—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Verb
There’s a tribal enthusiasm among those who putter in the soil – and those who market to them – that’s hard to match.—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025 Davis spent the rest of his 12-day visit traveling by tuk-tuk — a tiny three-wheeled taxi named for its puttering engine — to meet workers in small villages around Phnom Penh.—Steve Suo, ProPublica, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for putter
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