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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  • Its Ne Cede Malis Block was studied by University of California, Davis in the 1980s after the winery discovered field blend Petite Sirah vines and other Rhone varieties that were planted there in the 1930s.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Indiana is home to a new initiative aimed at keeping the next generation of Hoosier entrepreneurs planted here in the state.
    Justin L. Mack, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • With eight teams in the league, each plays the other once, and is then seeded into a three-round tournament.
    Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Wait until after the threat of frost has passed to seed tender species like cleome and zinnia.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • The Environment Trump's environmental policy platform mirrors Project 2025 in two main areas: drilling for fossil fuels and pulling out of the Paris Accords.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • During his last presidential term, Trump attempted to reverse a decision by the Obama administration to protect Arctic waters from drilling under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
    Carly Dempsey, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025

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