setup

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And one of the oddities of the setup is that they’re typically underpriced compared with what they’d go for in a private sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In a typical cavity QED setup, each atom has a ground state and an excited state separated by a specific energy difference.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Analysts pointed to “improving medical cost trends and supportive near-term data points,” which they believe positions UnitedHealth for a “favorable” setup heading into second-quarter earnings.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

An ankle monitor, a meat slicer, some breast milk, and a package of live butterflies walk into an Uber...except this is not the setup to a joke.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It meant not everything about the whole whatnot setup was evil.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix