place setting

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Recent Examples of place setting Add Spode Christmas bread and butter plates to each place setting. Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025 Tie the table together with a small evergreen sprig at each place setting. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025 Each place setting had its own unique set of china, each complementing the other but as different as the guest it was intended for. Emily Strohm, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 Now, a six-piece place setting comprising plates, bowl, and cup is being sold for, what feels like, an attainable $219. Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for place setting
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Noun
  • Cultivating community Against the backdrop of a retail climate that’s more challenging than ever, designers chose to strip back their show settings and focus on the humanity behind the designs.
    Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Apart from the logistical challenges, the setting demands a certain stately nostalgia.
    Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The setup has some similarities to last week.
    Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The company has stripped away the complexity, allowing anyone to snap spectacular images of galaxies and nebulae hundreds of light-years away without wrestling with multi-component setups requiring serious technical chops – all wrapped in Vaonis's trademark minimalist design.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Precious metals continued to reach new heights Monday, but in a rare phenomenon, silver is actually moving faster than gold.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Excavators digging at Sizewell C found 321 silver coins last year, dating back between 1036 and 1044.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Place setting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/place%20setting. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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