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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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He’s just that guy on set you want to be around.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

This time, he’s rewriting the entire script, to be staged on a set decked out in the definitive material of autocratic decadence: gold.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Patrick Mahomes is set to become the first NFL player to have a contract worth more than $500m after agreeing a new deal with the Kansas City Chiefs.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

McElligott also provided this chart showing how Big Tech is set to burn through a ton of its cash that in the past might have been used for buybacks by the end of this year:

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Using tarps to make tents and extra shade, we set up a sturdier camp beside the wagon.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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