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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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Tariffs on Scotch whisky from the U.K. are 10% and were set to increase to 25% in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

It added the "overall policy direction" was set by the Welsh government, while regulator Qualifications Wales "established the approval criteria for the new qualifications".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Rivian said last month that it would begin delivering the $57,990 R2 Performance in the current quarter, with a cheaper model set to debut later this year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

And she essentially says that this has been a set of cases that ended Wednesday with what she describes as a kind of dead letter, a ghost of whatever Section 2 was.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

She set the bowl into the sink beneath the faucet.

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




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