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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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Soto-Parada was taken back into custody and his sentencing was set for April 5 of next year.

From Los Angeles Times

Since the Albatross Task force was set up in 2004, it's seen a 90% reduction in the number of the seabirds killed by southern African fisheries.

From BBC

A specific set of dependencies do satisfy the test’s conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal

With companies and countries setting decarbonization targets, that was seen as a good reason to invest and buy those products, even though they were likely to be more expensive than the regular product.

From The Wall Street Journal

Traditional evolutionary research often tracks a single population living under one set of conditions.

From Science Daily