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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I attended his best opportunities for seven or eight weeks, in which time I could set a figure perfectly.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
"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