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setting up

ADJECTIVE

founding

Synonyms

STRONG

authorizing colonizing endowing instituting originating planting

NOUN

assembly

Synonyms

STRONG

adjustment attachment building collection construction erection fabrication joining manufacture manufacturing modeling molding shaping welding

WEAK

connecting fitting together piecing together

NOUN

creation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

establishment formation formulation production

STRONG

conception constitution foundation generation genesis imagination inception institution making nascency nativity origination procreation

WEAK

laying down siring

Antonyms

STRONG

being conclusion end finish

WEAK

death destruction ruin

NOUN

establishing

Synonyms

STRONG

beginning building chartering constituting endowing fixing founding implementing inaugurating initiating instituting organizing originating regulating settling stabilizing starting subsidizing

Antonyms

WEAK

dissolving ending tearing down

NOUN

establishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

formation formulation founding inauguration installation institution

STRONG

enactment endowment foundation

Antonyms

STRONG

abolition closing closure disbanding disestablishment dissolution

NOUN

inauguration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commencement inaugural induction initiation launch launching opening

STRONG

institution investiture

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conclusion end ending finish

WEAK

adjournment close

NOUN

installation

Synonyms

STRONG

accession coronation fitting furnishing inaugural induction installment investiture investment launching ordination positioning

WEAK

instatement placing

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Stocks are setting up for another rough day, led by tech, as a crucial consumer-price inflation report looms.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Fernandes broke the record for the most assists in a single Premier League season on the final day of the 2025-26 campaign, setting up his 21st goal against Brighton.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Critics say that setting up orbital data centers is easier said than done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the lofty goal of ferrying humans to Mars and setting up colonies on the neighboring planet.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Borelli still saw a role for God in setting up the system in the first place—as the designer of the machine, if you like.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

setting up

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