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set

[set] / sɛt /




NOUN
stage setting
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But he smashed that, with 366 climbs in just 171 days and decided to set himself a new target of 730 walks in a year.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Orion's next milestone, set to take place on day five of the 10-day mission, is to enter the lunar sphere of influence, where the Moon's gravitational pull exceeds that of the Earth, according to NASA.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Salesforce set up an FDE team in April of last year to help customers adopt its Agentforce product, according to Jennifer Cramer, senior vice president of forward-deployed engineering at Salesforce.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Eighteen days earlier, Pender had convinced Arthur and Islas to go beyond the $300,000 limit they set to buy a 2-year-old son of Maximus Mischief for $385,000 at a sale in Ocala, Fla.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He was a clergyman friend of ours, pastor in a small town outside of Haarlem, and his home was set back from the street in a large wooded park.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom