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noun

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as in assistance

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as in dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car.

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as in abolish
to put an end to by formal action The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually.

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as in dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore.

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as in store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day.

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Recent Examples of set-aside
Noun
Justice Samuel Alito might say the need for racial set-asides is over, but Democrats disagree. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026 The single item that stops new projects is when the Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) is required, with a set-aside of 20% of the units to be rented at below market prices. — Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Phrase
Most proceeds would go toward healthcare, with the remainder set aside for education and food assistance. — Justin Papp,caleigh Keating,garrett Downs,kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 But the judge took issue with the administration’s broad efforts to pressure election officials into setting aside ballots from thousands of allegedly ineligible voters, including through threats of criminal prosecution. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for set-aside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for set-aside
  1. assistance
  2. set apart
  3. grant
  4. allocation
  5. subsidy
  6. aid
  7. block grant
  8. annuity
Noun
  • The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the investigation, with assistance from the FAA.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The doc tells the story of how more than 5,000 American lawyers, judges and legal experts became involved with CEELI, which was a pro bono initiative that provided technical legal assistance to former Soviet Bloc countries.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of assistance
Phrase
  • Hotels added stand-alone villas staffed by the same teams but set apart from the main property, such as the House at Lizard Island, on the Great Barrier Reef.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Couples will love the gorgeous over-water lake cabin, set apart on the other side of the lake.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of set apart
Noun
  • The Baby Fund will also be able to accept grants and donations.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • One proposal from the OMB in particular, a set of rule changes that would have granted political appointees—and not area experts—control over which grants were approved, was voted down by Congress in a stopgap funding bill that passed in September.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of grant
Noun
  • Georgia’s credit has no limit and New York’s allows the state to pull from allocations for future years — amounting to an uncapped credit.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Forecast commits, pricing exceptions, accepting security risk, supplier changes and headcount allocation.
    — Greg Genung, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of allocation
Noun
  • From arena subsidies and homelessness policy to data centers and affordable housing, candidates across the Sacramento region are making statements that could shape voters’ choices.
    — Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In the 2025 draft report obtained by the Herald, FDOT argued that the state’s EV charging network was flourishing, thanks to private market investments, and didn’t need additional government subsidies.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of subsidy
Noun
  • Monday's attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs came as people were lined up for aid in Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The strikes come after Russia's deadly attack on an aid distribution site on Monday in a village in southern Ukraine, which killed 31 people.
    — Katlyn Ma, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of aid
Noun
  • Stone landed a $440,000 grant as part of a block grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which is in turn funded by the USDA as part of the Farm Bill.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Both floated other ideas like reforming the child tax credit, which is not a block grant and thus would not have the demand problem that the existing childcare subsidy program already has.
    — Helen Huiskes, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of block grant
Noun
  • While some annuities can have high fees and limit growth compared to investing on your own, annuities guarantee a steady income stream for retirement — something investing on your own may not provide.
    — Liz Knueven,Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Buying annuities when rates are high can also provide a larger regular payout.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of annuity

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“Set-aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set-aside. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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