put in

as in to plant
to put or set into the ground to grow put in a crop of winter wheat

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Recent Examples of put in Sommers said the Trump administration should repeal the strict tailpipe emissions standards the Environmental Protection Agency put in place last March. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 But Jang, on the other hand, sees the North Korean people as less loyal than the generation before them, suggesting the regime would have to put in greater effort into explaining the soldiers’ deaths. Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025 The sheriff’s office acknowledged that people have been asking why the 11-year-old girl was put in handcuffs. Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025 The passive income ideas explored in this article enable you to essentially work a second job without needing to put in as many hours. Rachel Wells, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for put in 
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  • But the hardest game, the one that planted the seeds for this run to the title game, was Week 3 against Purdue — a 66-7 win.
    Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
  • By implementing erosion control practices like contour gardening, terracing and planting vegetative buffer zones along water routes, gardeners can prevent soil loss and protect water quality.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • Houston, seeded No. 4, had zero problem eliminating the Chargers with a second-half blitz that L.A. saw coming, but still couldn’t combat.
    Jay Paris, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Mayfield’s Bucs, seeded No. 3, host Washington at 8 p.m. Sunday in a first-round NFL playoff game.
    Charlotte Observer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • Open More Federal Lands and Waters to Drilling Trump will likely move quickly to open additional onshore and offshore acreage to drilling.
    Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • An international team of scientists has achieved a groundbreaking feat in climate research by drilling a core of ice that could hold secrets dating back more than a million years.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025

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