setting off

Example Sentences

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The question is whether he can do it without setting off the margin spiral his own research warned about.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Ras inhibitors block a small protein that sits inside the cell membrane and acts as an on/off switch, setting off a signaling cascade that can make a cell grow or divide.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Audiences sense that something electric is happening, but it’s not just Michele who’s setting off sparks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

After 13 days, Lindsay sued for peace, granting higher pay and pensions, setting off a wave of pension demands among the city’s public-sector unions and contributing to the city’s financial collapse in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

They were approaching cautiously now, almost sidling, to refrain from setting off the thoroughly irrational robot.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov