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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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Today's player and clues are set by BBC Sport's Joe Rindl.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The acquisition is set to give GSK ownership of three drug candidates for lung cancer, two of which are currently under review by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

This is when panic set in, and he threw on a T-shirt and sliders, running out of his house and across the road to the house which had been struck by lightning.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

OpenAI stated it hasn't set a timeline for its IPO, noting some goals are “easier as a private company.”

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The case of Phineas Gage suggests that we are human because our frontal lobes are set up so we can get along with other humans.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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