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I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money.
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Donations to the government are accepted into the Treasury Department – which holds the government's cash – and then disbursed based on congressional appropriations – rules set by Congress about how they can be distributed – just like other federal funds.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
That one — Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) — sold at Christie’s New York for $90 million, breaking the $58 million record set by Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog (Orange) for the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
That friend is alleged to have sold the information to others, and those others placed bets on the prop bet of Terry scoring under, assisting under, shooting under the line set by various bet houses.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
On October 11, Grabow, an avid triathlete who took up the demanding athletic discipline at 59, became the oldest woman to ever complete an Ironman World Championship, breaking the previous record set by then 78-year-old Cherie Gruenfeld in 2022.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 29 Oct. 2025
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
That one — Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) — sold at Christie’s New York for $90 million, breaking the $58 million record set by Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog (Orange) for the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
That friend is alleged to have sold the information to others, and those others placed bets on the prop bet of Terry scoring under, assisting under, shooting under the line set by various bet houses.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
On October 11, Grabow, an avid triathlete who took up the demanding athletic discipline at 59, became the oldest woman to ever complete an Ironman World Championship, breaking the previous record set by then 78-year-old Cherie Gruenfeld in 2022.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Set by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20by. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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