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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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The company gets a tax abatement of 80% for a set number of years but still has to pay the remaining 20% in the meantime, the finance authority said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Investors were also awaiting the market debut later Friday of Elon Musk's SpaceX, set to be the biggest initial public offering in history.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

But following a long period of stagnation stretching back to the 2008 financial crisis, the economy looks set for a fresh setback as the latest energy shock takes its toll.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Shares are set to begin trading on Friday, but it will likely take until 11:30 a.m., or even later, for trading to start.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“It doesn’t mean people set aside their feelings. Or forgive and forget.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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