Examples of set by in a Sentence
I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money.
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That’s when filing opens for the 2026 midterms, meaning new congressional districts would have to be set by that point.
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Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Soon the sun would wrest control, everything set by then in stone.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
That was a new world record, besting the time set by the U.S. in the last summer’s Olympics by nearly three tenths of a second.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
Prices for those contracts vary by team and are set by the market in a way that many states and tribal groups contend resembles odds-making.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Soon the sun would wrest control, everything set by then in stone.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
That was a new world record, besting the time set by the U.S. in the last summer’s Olympics by nearly three tenths of a second.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
Prices for those contracts vary by team and are set by the market in a way that many states and tribal groups contend resembles odds-making.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Set by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20by. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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