put across

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Recent Examples of put across Stalin’s resolute putting across of these two ideas, of course, did much to divide the world. Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025 The Finnish conductor, 39, is a singular sight before an orchestra — bushy-haired, bony, and armed with an arsenal of gestures that put across his intentions with striking specificity. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025 The downside of putting across the board tariffs in place, McCaul added, is consumer prices could increase. Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Very few directors working today can put across a movie like Gladiator II as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 Yet the Chills’ music put across an abiding belief in the power of a great song. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024 In the pavilion, at least, Alsop and orchestra put across the details in high definition, the desolation gradually pitching into a bombastic, muscular finish. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2024 This production — directed, like the original, by Des McAnuff — won’t provide that, being less interested in trying to put across the story (by McAnuff and Townshend) than in obscuring it with relentless noise and banal imagery. Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024 This gesture did not read so well in the church’s large space, with intrusions from outdoor sounds and indoor fans; the breathing could have been exaggerated more to put across Trumbore’s point. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put across
Verb
  • Lynch could return to challenge or put over someone for the U.S. title.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Because his drug was a gene therapy, public grant money and private philanthropy played an especially central role, with the National Institutes of Health alone putting over $450 million into science related to SMA.
    Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Sure, there are some departures from the episode (characters communicate with the throng by taking acid… not exactly something Netflix can or would want to bring to gamers at home).
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Elisabetta Franchi communicates an aesthetic that is sellable.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Hess, in his earlier films, displayed a refined sense of comic timing, of scenes that hold long enough and are framed cannily enough to convey a sense of wondrous observation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Faster Decision-Making When presenting to senior leadership, teams often are permitted just a few minutes to convey their message.
    Nora Herting, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Put across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20across. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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