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setting

[set-ing] / ˈsɛt ɪŋ /


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OpenAI just took a step closer to going public, potentially setting up 2026 to be a record-breaking year for IPOs — though the company isn’t guaranteeing it’ll conduct an offering anytime soon.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

They start going their own way, and try setting security arrangements and supply chains that avoid U.S. control.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The film’s Silicon Valley setting is clearly a very deliberate choice by the filmmakers – and something they remind us of, repeatedly, through such cues.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

The Mercedes driver secured his first F1 Grand Slam - winning from pole position, leading every lap of the grand prix and setting the fastest lap - to extend his title advantage to 66 points.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The forest shadows were deepening beneath the setting sun.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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