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Recent Examples on the Web If coral reefs in the US lose 1 meter of height, a study found, that zone in the US would grow by 104 square kilometers (or about 26,000 acres, nearly twice the size of Manhattan), putting about 51,000 more people at risk of flooding. Benji Jones, Vox, 2 July 2024 America only puts about 5 cents out of every dollar spent on health care toward primary care — and spends less than peer nations on social supports like food and housing. Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 11 June 2024 Just in time for national Bike to Work Week, Cincinnati's bike-share program put about 450 of its Red Bikes back on Cincinnati streets Monday morning. Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 May 2024 In the 1970s, the city routinely put about 1.4% of its budget into the Parks Department, Ganser said, but funding has been stuck around a half-percent in recent years. Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for put about 

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“Put about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20about. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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