set a figure
Example Sentences
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But officials on Thursday declined to set a figure for how many vaccine doses would be needed to stop the outbreak.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022
A plan unveiled by House Speaker John Boehner called for cuts in mandatory spending but did not set a figure for agriculture.
From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2011
Both the idea of asking for a limitation and Haig's authority to set a figure are furiously disputed within the Administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Suppose of foure, fiue, sixe, or eight or more sillables, and set a figure of euerie number at th'end of the line, whereby ye may knowe his measure.
From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George
"You say the king has employed you to set a figure, and that you are to take the solution to him to-night?"
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles