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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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“If that had been a bust, I don’t know what would have happened. We’d have been set back a decade or more in terms of developing the sport at the highest level.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

They set out to develop autonomous vessels with the goal to grow U.S. shipbuilding capacity and “redefine maritime superiority” using autonomy, Mavrookas said in a podcast interview last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"It's a huge office that was all about men and money, and we've peopled it with a kind of female anarchy, which feels really exciting," said writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz, who set up the project.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

According to Infantino, ticket prices were set based on various market studies and taking the U.S. ticket resale market into account.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“That’s not what I’m saying. I just… I didn’t set out to go to Mark’s house.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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