setting aside
Example Sentences
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“Most people are only setting aside 6% in their retirement plans because that maximizes their employer-match. Catch-ups don’t come into play too often.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
The government in England is setting aside £10m a year to pay for children and young people's travel costs up to the age of 24.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
As it happens, Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far resisted setting aside for education a multibillion-dollar tranche of funding that California education advocates say is due.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The study revisits existing data while setting aside a common assumption that humans are inherently harmful to natural systems.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
The Indians who adopted it were setting aside millennia of tradition in favor of a new technology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
