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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for place setting
Noun
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The accommodations were extremely comfortable and also very quiet considering the central setting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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An obsession with sets and settings has occupied the artist for several years—a period that has seen the creation by him of two new productions for the Metropolitan Opera and a revival of The Rake's Progress in San Francisco.—
Constance W. Glenn,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
Noun
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The category spans roughly $100 to several thousand dollars depending on coverage and features, so there’s room to start small before committing to a whole-home setup.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2026
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And all of this conflict arose naturally, as God intended, without any need for an elaborate door setup.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
Noun
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His olive-green newsboy cap, with a silver thunderbird pin on its peak, is tossed on the bed.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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Up the ante with an oversized visor and of-the-moment silver sneakers.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
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“Place setting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/place%20setting. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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