Related Words for set an example

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pattern
/x
Noun, Noun
exemplify
x/xx
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
deal with
//
Phrase, Verb
perform
x/
Verb
take
/
Verb
go to show
///
Phrase, Verb
personify
x/xx
Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
behave
x/
Verb
take after
//x
Phrase, Verb
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
conform
x/
Verb
instance
/x
Noun
precedent
/xx
Noun
condition
x/x
Noun
example
x/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun
typify
/xx
Verb
program
/x
Noun
set to work
///
Phrase, Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
introduce
xx/
Verb
follow
/x
Verb
exhibit
x/x
Noun
preset
x/
Noun
instruct
x/
Verb
socialize
/xx
Verb
impose
x/
Verb
model
/x
Noun
characterize
/xxx
Verb
live
/
Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
count
/
Noun
apply
x/
Verb
illustrate
/xx
Verb
put before
/x/
Phrase, Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb
stereotype
/xxx
Noun
benchmark
/x
Noun
put into practice
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
inherit
x/x
Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
special case
/x/
Name, Name, Verb
show
/
Noun
pick up on
///
Phrase, Verb
play out
//
Phrase, Verb
set up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
prototype
/xx
Noun
guide
/
Noun
blaze
/
Noun
treat
/
Verb
play
/
Noun
straighten
/x
Verb
play to
//
Phrase, Verb
epitomize
x/xx
Verb
think about
/xx
Phrase, Verb
work
/
Noun
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective
put over
//x
Phrase, Verb
imply
x/
Verb
answer for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
decide
x/
Verb
channel
/x
Noun
order
/x
Noun
set forth
//
Phrase, Verb
prove
/
Verb
comport
x/
Verb
err on the side of
//x//
Phrase, Verb
double
/x
Adjective
bring to bear
///
Phrase, Verb
obey
x/
Verb
make like
//
Phrase, Verb
teach
/
Verb
inculcate
/xx
Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
set the pace
/x/
Phrase, Verb
account for
x//
Phrase, Verb
parallel
/xx
Noun
ascribe
x/
Verb
instantiate
x/xx
Verb
look up to
///
Phrase, Verb
make for
//
Phrase, Verb
constitute
/xx
Verb
copy
/x
Noun
project
/x
Noun
send
/
Verb
bend
/
Noun
try out
//
Phrase, Verb
execute
/xx
Verb
allow for
x//
Phrase, Verb
import
x/
Noun
shape
/
Noun
link
/
Noun
expect
x/
Verb
mean
/
Noun
assume
x/
Verb
name
/
Noun
beacon
/x
Noun
image
/x
Noun
theorem
/x
Noun
set out
//
Phrase, Verb
configure
x/x
Verb
bring about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
call
/
Noun
control
x/
Noun
discipline
/xx
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
describe
x/
Verb
entail
x/
Verb
recommend
xx/
Verb
show off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
rule
/
Noun
default
x/
Noun
transfer
x/
Noun
align
x/
Verb
infer
x/
Verb
point
/
Noun
suggest
x/
Verb
walk
/
Noun
police
x/
Noun
pose
/
Verb
satisfy
/xx
Verb
wire
/x
Noun
sample
/x
Noun
practice what one preaches
/x///x
Phrase, Verb
befriend
x/
Verb
serve
/
Verb
subclass
xx
Noun
suppose
x/
Verb
come
/
Verb
curate
/x
Noun
instill
x/
Verb
straighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
practise
/x
Noun
dress up
//
Phrase, Verb
become
x/
Verb
simulate
/xx
Verb
predict
x/
Verb
attribute
/xx
Noun
stipulate
/xx
Verb
enact
x/
Verb
feature
/x
Noun
get across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
normalize
/xx
Verb
cohere
x/
Verb
operate
/xx
Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
achieve
x/
Verb
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
activate
/xx
Verb
adapt
x/
Verb, Adjective
addition
x/x
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
adjustment
x/x
Noun
adopt
x/
Verb
adornment
x/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
affix
/x
Verb, Noun
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
agreed
x/
Adjective
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
allocated
/xxx
Adjective
allotted
x/x
Adjective
analogy
x/xx
Noun
anchored
/x
Adjective
anecdote
/xx
Noun, Verb
angel
/x
Noun, Verb
anthology
x/xx
Noun
anticipated
x/xxx
Adjective
apology
x/xx
Noun
apparatus
xx/x
Noun
appendix
x/x
Noun
appliance
x/x
Noun
appoint
x/
Verb
archetype
/xx
Noun, Verb
are
/
Noun
armed
/
Adjective
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
array
x/
Noun, Verb
arrested
x/x
Adjective
arsenal
/xx
Noun
arson
/x
Noun, Verb
articulate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
artwork
/x
Noun
ascertain
xx/
Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assemblage
x/x
Noun
assemble
x/x
Verb
assemblies
x/x
Noun
assess
x/
Verb
assign
x/
Verb, Noun
assortment
x/x
Noun
attach
x/
Verb
attachment
x/x
Noun
attune
x/
Verb
backlash
/x
Noun, Verb
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
barrel
/x
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basket
/x
Noun, Verb
batch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
battery
/xx
Noun
beauty
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bed
/
Noun, Verb
been
/
Verb
began
x/
Verb
bind
/
Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
block
/
Noun, Verb
bob
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bottle
/x
Noun, Verb
brace
/
Noun, Verb
bracket
/x
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
bucket
/x
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
burned
/
Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
cable
/x
Noun, Verb
calculated
/xxx
Adjective
calibrate
/xx
Verb
camp
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
capped
/
Adjective
carried
/x
Verb
carved
/
Adjective
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
case in point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
catalogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
category
/xxx
Noun
charge
/
Noun, Verb
choir
/x
Noun, Verb
choose
/
Verb, Noun
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
cite
/
Verb, Noun
clamped
/
Adjective
clap
/
Noun, Verb
clarify
/xx
Verb
clip
/
Noun, Verb
clique
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
cock
/
Noun, Verb
coffin
/x
Noun, Verb
cohort
/x
Noun, Verb
coif
/
Noun, Verb
coiffure
//
Noun, Verb
collection
x/x
Noun
collectively
x/xx
Adverb
combination
xx/x
Noun
combined
x/
Adjective, Noun
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
commence
x/
Verb
committed
x/x
Adjective
company
/xx
Noun, Verb
compendium
x/xx
Noun
compilation
xx/x
Noun
compile
x/
Verb, Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
concert
/x
Noun, Verb
confederacy
x/xxx
Noun
configuration
xxx/x
Noun
confirmed
x/
Adjective
conjugation
xx/x
Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
consolidated
x/xxx
Adjective
consort
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
conspiracy
x/xx
Noun, Verb
constellation
xx/x
Noun
constitution
xx/x
Noun
construct
x/
Verb, Noun
contain
x/
Verb
continuum
x/xx
Noun
coordinate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
corollary
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
corpus
/x
Noun
coterie
/xx
Noun
counterexample
/xx/x
Noun
couple
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
covered
/x
Adjective