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set in motion
verb as in activate
verb as in begin
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verb as in bring into play
verb as in impel
verb as in inaugurate
verb as in induce
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verb as in initiate
verb as in instate
verb as in institute
verb as in launch
verb as in militarize
verb as in mobilize
verb as in open
verb as in originate
verb as in proceed
verb as in propel
verb as in shake
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Weak match
verb as in spark
verb as in start
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verb as in trigger
verb as in turn on
verb as in undertake
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Example Sentences
By late 2016, the tribe had set in motion the acquisition of the casino site.
The 1963 rupture of a city dam, releasing a deluge that destroyed 260 homes and killed six in the community below, set in motion a slow-moving campaign to extract a public benefit from the disaster.
“Anniversary” situates a nonthreatening woman as the vessel for such evil, even as Liz’s male host, Josh, starts to embody the most extreme outcomes of what she has set in motion.
The new worries about NDFIs’ links to the banking system come just as investors are about to get more data on those investments under rules that U.S. regulators set in motion in 2023.
It's a timeless story - one that's destined to be repeated at fresher's weeks across the country this autumn - and set in motion a career-long narrative about Swift's romantic tribulations.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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