setup

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And one of the oddities of the setup is that they’re typically underpriced compared with what they’d go for in a private sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Analysts pointed to “improving medical cost trends and supportive near-term data points,” which they believe positions UnitedHealth for a “favorable” setup heading into second-quarter earnings.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The setup allowed researchers to expose the materials to two different cooling scenarios, known as thermal histories.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

An ankle monitor, a meat slicer, some breast milk, and a package of live butterflies walk into an Uber...except this is not the setup to a joke.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

She looked from the incongruous setup to the landscape around it and then back to Lazlo, who’d caught a bit of his lower lip between his teeth and was watching her, anxious.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor