put

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Put your windows on lockdown: Close blinds, shades or curtains during peak daylight hours — especially on south- and west-facing walls — to block radiant heat from entering.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

"The country needs you. Put down your weapon," one man ordered them.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Greenspan, who has died at 100, left a lasting legacy for stock market investors: The Greenspan Put, which morphed into the Fed Put.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

If the next stock market downturn is severe enough to threaten the economy, and so lower inflation, I’d expect the Fed Put to make a rapid reappearance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

I wonder if she left it there just to mess with me, as if to say, Put some respect on my name.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer