setting aside

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Unlike most IPOs, SpaceX is setting aside a large slug of shares—expected at around 30%—for retail investors, meaning it won’t be just institutional investors receiving most of the allocations of stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 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

What she was, must be uncertain; but who she was, might be found out; and setting aside the 10,000 l., it did not appear that she was at all Harriet’s superior.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen