setting aside

Example Sentences

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Compared to its most recent predecessors, “Middle of Nowhere” is a thematically generous record that finds Ms. Musgraves thinking outside of herself, setting aside diaristic monologues in favor of story.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

That threatens to reignite inflation fears that the U.S. stock market lately has been setting aside.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

The government in England is setting aside £10m a year to pay for children and young people's travel costs up to the age of 24.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

As it happens, Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far resisted setting aside for education a multibillion-dollar tranche of funding that California education advocates say is due.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Hence let’s begin by temporarily setting aside our human bias and considering disease from the microbes’ point of view.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond