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put forward

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Definition of put forward

as in suggest

to set before the mind for consideration She put forward some clever ideas during last week's meeting.

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Recent Examples of put forward Pushback to a controversial plan put forward by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to sell off stakes in the World Cup and other commercial operations to private investors is growing. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 With his first full school year as mayor around the corner, Mamdani has yet to put forward a detailed plan to desegregate the schools. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 The levy set to take effect on Friday will come after a flurry of country-specific tariffs put forward in recent days. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 July 2026 Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of senators put forward a proposal that outlines a process to make a Social Security overhaul happen faster. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for put forward

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put forth

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Su’s bio on the EDI Media website boasts that in 2012 then-state Assemblyman Curt Hagman put forth a resolution giving Su his own day in California.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Employees Feel Like Different People At Work ‘Severance’ puts forth the debate of identity at home versus identity at work and takes it to the extreme.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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