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setup

[set-uhp] / ˈsɛtˌʌp /


NOUN
accompaniments for alcoholic beverages
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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

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

That’s a gold-standard setup and, frankly, pretty rare.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The one-way glass and audio setup allow us to watch Peeta secretly.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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