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set a figure





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But officials on Thursday declined to set a figure for how many vaccine doses would be needed to stop the outbreak.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

A plan unveiled by House Speaker John Boehner called for cuts in mandatory spending but did not set a figure for agriculture.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2011

Both the idea of asking for a limitation and Haig's authority to set a figure are furiously disputed within the Administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lilly questioned Betty also, and when he had learned all that she knew, he left us seated in the parlor while he went to his observatory to set a figure.

From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles

Then on the altar of Zungari a priest had set a figure squat, carven in purple agate, saying: "Yazun is god."

From Time and the Gods by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron




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