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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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“If that had been a bust, I don’t know what would have happened. We’d have been set back a decade or more in terms of developing the sport at the highest level.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Getting candid assessments, some companies believe, requires quietly contacting a different set of past managers and co-workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Universally acclaimed as the set of the weekend, the performance confirmed Rodrigo as a generational talent, equally at ease with lighters-aloft balladry, and rabble-rousing pop-punk antics.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

According to Infantino, ticket prices were set based on various market studies and taking the U.S. ticket resale market into account.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The band begins their set, but I’m lost in my thoughts.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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