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

This is the precise setup Shin’s research was built to distrust.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The setup allowed researchers to expose the materials to two different cooling scenarios, known as thermal histories.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 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

“This is quite the setup you’ve got here,” the customer called as he entered the store.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff