set a figure
Example Sentences
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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
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But Claude, that abortive great artist, that impotent fellow who couldn't set a figure on its legs in spite of all his pride, hadn't he utterly compromised them, hadn't he let them in altogether?
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
"You say the king has employed you to set a figure, and that you are to take the solution to him to-night?"
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles