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Recent Examples of place setting
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.
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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
Tie the table together with a small evergreen sprig at each place setting.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
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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
Tie the table together with a small evergreen sprig at each place setting.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for place setting
Noun
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The Rockets traded for Durant in the offseason, but didn’t really get to see what that addition did for the team in a postseason setting.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
2 May 2026
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Rhode Island was the setting of the newest extension, which not many people thought of at first.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
Noun
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More than one young passer has failed to come back from that kind of setup.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The security setup at the dinner is what experts call a layered approach, layer one being the invitation check, and layer two being the screening outside the ballroom.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Felix won silver that year in the 200-meter sprint.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the trash, investigators also found a piece of silver duct tape.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Place setting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/place%20setting. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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