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setting

[set-ing] / ˈsɛt ɪŋ /


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The sprawling grounds have been extensively landscaped, creating a private setting around the residence while also taking advantage of the property’s views over the surrounding area.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The team also demonstrated that the device could successfully activate nerves in vivo, meaning within a living organism rather than only in an isolated laboratory setting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“The latest attacks certainly risk setting back the economic recovery,” said Jason Tuvey, deputy chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake jolted Panama on Friday, setting off panic in the capital city and warnings of dangerous tsunami waves.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

We had one room overlooking the river, where we could see the sun setting over the town.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

On the third floor, the focus is movement, “woven into the fabric of cinema” through dance-hall and jazz-club settings, as well as in scenes of driving, swimming, riding and piloting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Because the antenna is created by a laser rather than built from a fixed metal structure, its dimensions can be adjusted by changing the laser's settings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The problem involved the settings being different before and after a red flag caused by a crash for Sergio Perez's Cadillac and left drivers complaining of reduced power.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“How much of it can be legislated away? What it means in different settings? How to pull apart what are usually very gray-area cases?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Geeks ought to see their interests represented in educational settings, to not simply feel pushed to the margins.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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