set a figure
Example Sentences
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But officials on Thursday declined to set a figure for how many vaccine doses would be needed to stop the outbreak.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022
A plan unveiled by House Speaker John Boehner called for cuts in mandatory spending but did not set a figure for agriculture.
From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2011
Both the idea of asking for a limitation and Haig's authority to set a figure are furiously disputed within the Administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Lilly questioned Betty also, and when he had learned all that she knew, he left us seated in the parlor while he went to his observatory to set a figure.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
But Claude, that abortive great artist, that impotent fellow who couldn't set a figure on its legs in spite of all his pride, hadn't he utterly compromised them, hadn't he let them in altogether?
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred