set out
Example Sentences
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It said they "point blank refused to accept that we couldn't do what we'd set out to do".
From BBC
Not by using my powers or in any of the ways I set out to, but by talking to him.
From Literature
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Researchers from Wroclaw Medical University set out to examine what happens when this substance is tested under controlled scientific conditions.
From Science Daily
The ECA’s report said hitting targets to improve domestic extraction, processing and recycling of raw materials set out in a law that entered into force in 2024 is challenging.
Creative Scotland said it was unable to make further payments as the CAA "is unable to demonstrate its ongoing viability and therefore cannot deliver the activity set out in its multi-year funding agreement".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.