set in motion
Example Sentences
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Feinberg helped set in motion the administration’s new defense budget, a $441 billion increase over last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The change that was set in motion during that visit would later become Universal Credit, a benefit that now supports more than eight million people.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
The researchers found that the crystals, made from an iron-containing compound called heme, are set in motion by the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
Their grief and fury set in motion the countervailing force of justice that, no matter how belated, cannot be denied.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
This vexed him, for once his ample mouth was set in motion, he did not like to stop it.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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