stay put
Example Sentences
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Homeowners stay put, enjoying ever-rising property values, while renters are forced to leave the city and start over elsewhere with no equity built up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
They applied towels and told the girls to stay put.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
"It doesn't mean that I'm going to stay put for the rest of the year. I just want to wait and see where this goes," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“It doesn’t mean that I’m going to stay put for the rest of the year,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
If nature truly abhorred a vacuum so much, the mercury in the tube would have to stay put so as not to create a void.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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