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as in environments
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting
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as in scenes
the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set
the setting for the novel is Victorian England
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Recent Examples of settings
In professional settings where colleagues and clients often feel overlooked, this simple acknowledgment can be a great way to strengthen relationships.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The years following the pandemic have seen the advent of training boards, standalone frames with customizable settings that users can manipulate with their phones.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
The eel modulates discharge strength and timing like a taser with multiple settings.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
In The Grand Budapest Hotel and Asteroid City, two of Wes Anderson’s grandest films (and my favorites), Anderson used miniatures to create some of the settings.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The Featherweight StyleMax Hair Dryer is one of the best hair dryers for curly hair due to its diffuser, comb, and concentrator attachments that enhance types 2A to 4C hair, as well as its accommodating selection of heat and airflow settings.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere, Florida’s Wellington Aero Club features 240 custom homes and a runway paved in 2015, while North Carolina’s Mountain Air and Wyoming’s Alpine Airpark place luxury homes among idyllic natural settings.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Employees with administrative privileges were often tricked into authorizing malicious apps, while default permission settings allowed those apps to operate undetected.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
With the first trailer revealing some of the characters, settings, and story details, fans are divided on what to expect when the series premieres early next year.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The years following the pandemic have seen the advent of training boards, standalone frames with customizable settings that users can manipulate with their phones.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
The eel modulates discharge strength and timing like a taser with multiple settings.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
In The Grand Budapest Hotel and Asteroid City, two of Wes Anderson’s grandest films (and my favorites), Anderson used miniatures to create some of the settings.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The Featherweight StyleMax Hair Dryer is one of the best hair dryers for curly hair due to its diffuser, comb, and concentrator attachments that enhance types 2A to 4C hair, as well as its accommodating selection of heat and airflow settings.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere, Florida’s Wellington Aero Club features 240 custom homes and a runway paved in 2015, while North Carolina’s Mountain Air and Wyoming’s Alpine Airpark place luxury homes among idyllic natural settings.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Employees with administrative privileges were often tricked into authorizing malicious apps, while default permission settings allowed those apps to operate undetected.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
With the first trailer revealing some of the characters, settings, and story details, fans are divided on what to expect when the series premieres early next year.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settings
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft robotic skin that allows vine-like robots just a few millimeters wide to navigate tight and fragile environments.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Life in an urban jungle Things like paw prints left in cement and the Chicago rat hole serve as a reminder of urban ecology, or the study of how animals, plants and humans interact within city environments, Granatosky said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Departments reported resolving 20% of calls using drones, without sending police in patrol cars to scenes, according to the company.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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The action scenes are like an amusement park ride.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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Kang then reposted Lee’s post along with a thumbs up emoji, effectively lending her support to folks from all backgrounds dressing up as these charismatic heroes and villains.—
Miranda Rake,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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Hostin responded by saying that most HHS Secretaries have had scientific backgrounds if not medical backgrounds.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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Our staff ranked the best playoff atmospheres among the four remaining teams.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The team used global circulation models (GCMs) and computer simulations of entire planetary atmospheres to test this theory.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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The analysis recorded all gambling messaging, such as logos on replica and training kits, stadiums, advertising boards and interview backdrops, with the Saturday evening game between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City found to have an average of 22 adverts per minute.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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And beyond its iconic landmarks, there is still much of Madrid left to discover, offering fresh and unexpected backdrops for future productions.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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McGregor recognizes that the work of translating between Western science and TEK is critical in certain contexts and applications, while there has also been significant cooption and misinterpretation.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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Blanket statements about boundaries are woefully inadequate because the contexts of our relationships matter.—
Margeaux Feldman,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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The list differs from Forbes’ ranking of the best places to retire overall by focusing on locales ripe with recreation and entertainment opportunities for retirees rather than economic factors.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Oct. 2025
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Parts of coastal Virginia hit major flood stage, the most severe level, Sunday afternoon and dozens of other locales in the mid-Atlantic experienced moderate flooding.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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While some neighborhoods have gotten attention, the progress has been uneven and isn't reaching the same critical mass of development and redevelopment success that has benefited the downtown area and its surrounds.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Grosvenor over a career spanning six decades created art that investigated the spatial relationship between the viewer, the work, and its surrounds.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Settings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settings. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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