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

That threatens to reignite inflation fears that the U.S. stock market lately has been setting aside.

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

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