setting
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On the other, there were chains setting the industry standard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
After 13 days, Lindsay sued for peace, granting higher pay and pensions, setting off a wave of pension demands among the city’s public-sector unions and contributing to the city’s financial collapse in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Because they have relatively few stars and less background radiation, they provide a cleaner setting to search for dark matter signals.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
After setting aside their first few thousand dollars for emergencies, experts suggest that people start to simultaneously save for retirement as they finish building up their emergency fund.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Their jaws were just about setting on the ground.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing setting
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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