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set out

adjective as in shown

verb as in lay out

verb as in plant

verb as in set sail

verb as in strike out

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Expect him to set out more clearly who he is and what a Swinney government less bound by previous pledges would seek to do.

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Wallace previously said he was "deeply sorry for any distress" he caused and that he "never set out to harm or humiliate".

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It was estimated £1.2bn was needed to implement the 35 actions initially set out, but the Department for Health is now stripping back its plan.

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"I do think that this is the right way forward, to have this standardised process now, and it's something that we had been already setting out for people who come to work from abroad."

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The government said it had taken the "tough but necessary decision" to increase tuition fees last year to boost income for universities, and would soon set out further plans for reforms in new legislation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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