setup
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Director Metz and his cinematographer, Yves Bélanger, give the university the kind of burnished look familiar to Ivy League memoir films, but that’s something of a setup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
That creates an intriguing setup for investors, as Taiwan sits at the center of the global semiconductor supply chain.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Amazon does not like this setup, because the company doesn’t just want you to buy stuff.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
A qubit is an electrical circuit capable of storing quantum information and, in this setup, also served as the detector.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
He looks pretty proud of himself as he shows me the setup.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
There were already about 100 to 200 fans in the park, about six hours before the first whistle; laughing, drinking, lending a hand to vendor setups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
By the early 1990s, some crews in the U.K. began throwing megaraves more spiritually akin to experiential carnivals than to more lowkey dance-floor-and-DJ setups.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
All you need is a 200-watt panel and a “microinverter,” with setups starting at around $500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
But this is only a memory — a child’s version of an experience, filmed with all of the bright colors and simple setups of an illustration in a storybook.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Photos from the apartment setups and different families are rotating on the screen, and Rabiya points to one with a mother, father, and three kids when it comes up again.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
