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  • present participle of set.
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setting

[set-ing] / ˈsɛt ɪŋ /


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Text messages reviewed by the Journal show Guilfoyle reached out to people in Carlson’s orbit about setting up an interview with him for Deters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

But despite passing a raft of other legislation before parliament ended its session in July, Israel's government said it ran out of time to pass a bill setting out its plans for the inquiry.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their movement disturbed the orbits of smaller objects, setting off catastrophic collisions and producing brief periods filled with large amounts of dust, similar to what astronomers now observe in extreme debris disks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

There are the now-traditional scenes in which Carrie learns to consciously control her telekinetic superpowers, previously manifested by accidentally setting off car alarms, opening mailboxes and causing a rain of rocks on her parents’ roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“At each ring setting, the wiring inside the rotor changes,” Beryl says.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

“How much of it can be legislated away? What it means in different settings? How to pull apart what are usually very gray-area cases?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Before taking part in the study, patient navigator Viridiana Carmona-Barrera had worked in hospital, insurance and women's health settings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

This can be done by setting up Family Sharing on Apple devices, Google Family Link on Android devices or doing it directly from the screen-time settings of the actual phone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Those cases point to complexities in the Muse settings that confound experts, let alone laypersons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

There’s a table at one end, with a heavy linen tablecloth and three place settings.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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