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place setting

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as in setting

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Recent Examples of place setting Then feathers started showing up in places where there were no birds or, at an outdoor dinner, landing on her place setting and no one else’s. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026 Inside the venue, each place setting was adorned in part by one of the nearly 200 cake pops sized, measured and baked by organizing committee member Shaikh, who not only committed the week prior to bake for the ball, but also enjoyed developing a sisterhood with the rest of the organizers. — Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026 Hot chocolate candy cane sticks can be made days or weeks beforehand, and left at each place setting for a fun touch. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025 Add Spode Christmas bread and butter plates to each place setting. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for place setting

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Every year, more than 3 billion injections are administered outside traditional healthcare settings in the United States.

— Irina Butler, Boston Herald, 10 July 2026
The hot mixing allowed for fast setting times and therefore quick production of concrete.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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There are often fees, including those for account setup and ongoing management, which could eat into potential growth.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Home recovery lab setups are all over social media right now, with fitness fans stacking saunas, cold plunges and red light panels in garages and spare rooms.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

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The police car, a silver Ford Taurus used by the investigation division, contained two Oakland police homicide detectives who were able to continue their shift after the crash, authorities said.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company offers over 30,000 products, including gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

— Jamela Adam, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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