setting
Example Sentences
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I’m committed to setting D.C. up for success with self-driving vehicles as one part of a safe and successful transportation network.
Using cryo-EM, researchers from the Laboratory of Molecular Electron Microscopy studied the receptor in a biochemical setting designed to closely resemble its native milieu.
From Science Daily
In any other movie, the pop-punk confection of the Veronicas’ “Untouched” would be a perfect cue to establish its setting in middle-class suburban Australia, as light and lucky a place as ever was.
From Los Angeles Times
“I look forward to finally having an opportunity to have this matter adjudicated in a fair and impartial setting.”
From Los Angeles Times
As she pauses to reminisce, I realize the setting, an antique store called Yesterday’s Keepsakes, is almost too ironic.
From Salon
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