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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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The parade set off from Buckingham Palace, with King Charles and Queen Camilla making their way in a carriage along The Mall to Horseguard's Parade.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

But stock-market gains are clearly helping buyers: 2025 set an all-time high for first-time buyers who used financial assets to buy a home or fund a down payment, she said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

Having recently broken out of a five-month goalless streak for club and country, Pulisic set up the first two U.S. goals against Paraguay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Surfboard shaper Timmy Patterson told the Orange County Register he survived a near-death experience after being caught inside a set of up to 20-foot waves at a remote break off Dana Point.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Then, in 1852, he meets a stranger in Hanover who has big plans to set up a stagecoach line in South America between Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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