setback
Example Sentences
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And while a total failure wouldn’t tank the IPO, it would probably be a setback nonetheless, he said.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Despite the setback he still has a number of powerful allies in Parliament, including deputy leader Lucy Powell, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and former minister Louise Haigh.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
However, Huang’s exclusion from the president’s trip might be a setback for the company’s ambitions to sell AI processors in the Chinese market.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
But after she and a colleague were denied raises in 2020, the final setback in a string of frustrations, she started looking for a plan B.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
A New York Times correspondent in a London press conference quoted the author and dramatist James Baldwin, who thought the death of Malcolm X was “a major setback for the Negro movement.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing setback
Vocabulary from Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech, November 9, 2016
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