setting forth

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If there were a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal setting forth evidence for a lab leak, it would be prominently cited in every news article about the origins debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Article 1, which pertains to Congress, includes 18 separate clauses setting forth the powers of the legislature.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2024

The President’s office, immediately following Cardenas’ unannounced and unexpected broadcast, said the government would proceed to issue a decree, setting forth the terms for nationalization of the industry and new bases for its operation.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

As Garland said in the July 21, 2021, memorandum setting forth the rules for his department, the intent is to ensure "adherence to the long-standing department norms of independence from inappropriate influences."

From Salon • May 20, 2023

‘But always I have let my horn cry at setting forth, and though thereafter we may walk in the shadows, I will not go forth as a thief in the night.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien