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setting
noun as in scene, background
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Some refugees wait for days on the ships before setting sail.
By setting no goals, the player must find their own purpose.
They are made in a social setting, surrounded by lots of other people with various ways to resist bad decisions.
So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human?
Although a home setting, La Domaine operates under the same regulations as other professional BDSM establishments.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
This judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
In order not to weary your Majesty, I shall not dwell longer upon this, or spend time setting forth our losses.
Setting aside timidity, we find that well-informed persons are sometimes good listeners, but no talkers.
The Frenchman's blade scintillated in the setting sun around Haggard's more stiffly held weapon.
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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to setting, such as: ambience, backdrop, context, environment, framework, and locale.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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