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set in

[set-in] / ˈsɛtˌɪn /


ADJECTIVE
indented
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Even so, the activist investor who has mounted repeated proxy fights at Cracker Barrel, Biglari, set in motion a new one to remove Masino and another board member, Gilbert Dávila.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Her weekend total of 132 matched Meg Mallon's championship record set in 2004 and was largely down to a vastly improved performance on the greens.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Farhad, a 35-year-old chef, also said life was becoming "increasingly difficult", noting economic hardship had set in even before the war.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Well into the 2020s, the Sunday-night show has retained millions of loyal viewers, even surpassing some of the ratings records it had set in previous decades.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

I was so set in my own way of seeing things that I forgot that there is always another way to look at them.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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