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setting

[set-ing] / ˈsɛt ɪŋ /


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As New York continues to confront challenges around education access, affordability and inequality, the visit highlighted how local leadership and national political figures intersect, often in ways that extend beyond the immediate setting.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Walcott-George, who played a major role in setting up the camps and based his dissertation on the work, described the experience as deeply humbling.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Cheap Trick spent much of the 1980s chasing trends rather than setting them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The gold standard is the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, where Louis Kahn’s dramatic, barrel-vaulted, light-suffused spaces provide a harmonious setting for the paintings and sculptures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He accompanied the speech with an image of a flame-breathing Tiamat setting the barn on fire, and a sense of how upset he would be if that happened.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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