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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of GDP, on the way toward breaking the record set in 1946.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

All seven nuclear reactors had at one point been set to close by 2025.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

How you react to it: When it comes time to replenish cash, if the downturn isn’t over, Rivera’s plan is to liquidate some of the investments that are set up in the “intermediate” bucket.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

And she essentially says that this has been a set of cases that ended Wednesday with what she describes as a kind of dead letter, a ghost of whatever Section 2 was.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

“Nice day for the party, Miss,” he said, trying to peer past the flowers as though coffee and cake might already be set out.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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