How to Use put before in a Sentence

put before

phrasal verb
  • And this goes for most any bill put before me to vote on.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The push to stop changing clocks was put before Congress in the last couple of years.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The vote at next week’s AGM will be the second time Musk’s pay package has been put before shareholders.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024
  • Next month’s vote will be the second time Musk’s pay package has been put before shareholders.
    Dana Hull, Fortune, 18 May 2024
  • Because greed and profit put before people is now a disease found in all workplaces in the United States.
    Manuela Santacatterina, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The proposal put before the UN, for example, could claim the 1967 lines as its borders and East Jerusalem as its capital.
    Isaac Herzog, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2011
  • On Tuesday, Guerin doubled down on that stance, noting the language was pulled from similar measures put before voters across the state.
    Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
  • Anna has a fearless fervor and is ready to throw herself at any challenge The Boulet Brothers' Dragula puts before her in her pursuit for the title.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The temporary restraining order will be put before a court on June 23, The Daily Mail reported.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • Most of those who are tried are put before military courts that almost never acquit defendants and often do not follow due process, human rights groups say.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Most of those who are tried are put before military courts that almost never acquit defendants and often don’t follow due process, human rights groups say.
    Najib Jobain, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The items the four would immediately put before the council, related to homelessness, would vastly differ.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But Democrats in Sacramento are also eyeing several other bond measures on housing, schools and climate to put before voters in November that could total tens of billions of dollars.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Numerous photographs and documents have also been put before the jury, including Spacey’s telephone and travel records.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • First, the day before the conference, Exxon shareholders—in line with recommendations from corporate management, including Woods—voted down all of the 13 climate resolutions put before them.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 1 June 2023

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