Cast
Cast verb - Formulate in a particular style or language.
Usage example: She cast her request in very polite language
Put
Put verb - Formulate in a particular style or language.
Usage example: I wouldn't put it that way
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Put on a Bus: Series 3 had a massive cast upheaval, with a lot of the child cast (and a few of the adults) travelling over the bridge.
Source: Series / Ship To Shore -
The Transformers as a whole had a large cast and tended to put the spotlight on as many characters as possible, especially the ones that currently had toys on sale.
Source: Ensemble Cast - Ironically, it was the lack of cast showoffs that sank The Monkees when word got around that the cast didn't play their own instruments, though Peter and Michael were actually gifted musicians and Mickey became a passable drummer ("It's not brain surgery" as he put it).
Source: The Cast Showoff
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