SET ASIDE Synonyms: 238 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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Noun

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 With this new tool merchants can set aside sales tax from operating cash daily with the feature ‘set-aside,’ have their tax obligations tracked in real time and have returns filled on their behalf within one system. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2026

Phrase

Provisional ballots, set aside when a voter's eligibility at the polls is questioned and only cast after an election official confirms the person was indeed allowed to vote, will also be counted tonight. — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026 During his performance, the MC set aside time to share his thoughts on apparent spats with a few fellow rappers in a new freestyle. — Caché McClay, USA Today, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for set-aside

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Noun

Those include grocery vouchers, housing vouchers for those who elect to relocate during cleanup, air purifiers, cash assistance and support for utility bills.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The Mecklenburg County Department of Community Resources said it’s received a steady number of SNAP applications, which reflects demand for assistance, but recipients are declining.

— Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

Definition of assistance

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Set the scene Daunt’s is right in the heart of things, but both the pool area and the main 23-room motel feel like a little oasis, set apart from the hubbub of town and with none of the see-and-be-seen energy of places like the Surf Lodge.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Separate from the plaza is a four-bedroom ranch or caretaker’s house, set apart from the compound’s main gathering zones.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of set apart

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The new grant is meant to build on the over $9 million RHMF has given to over 650 artists through its emerging artists grants, and to 2,300 cancer patients through the Peter Hort Quality of Life Cancer Grants over the last 30 years.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
The drone program began when Source America, a nonprofit dedicated to providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities, awarded Goodwill a grant in October 2025.

— Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of grant

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What was once a niche institutional strategy has become a significant allocation in endowment, pension, and family office portfolios, and the asset class is increasingly accessible to high-net-worth individual investors through new structures.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
But its appropriation process has come under more intense scrutiny in recent weeks after a supposedly fake investment promotion agency was found to have received allocations from the budget.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 10 July 2026

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Health policy experts said the drop-off is the clearest sign yet that the lapse of federal subsidies for ACA premiums is making insurance too expensive for many Americans, leading many households to drop their coverage.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Unlike their American counterparts, Chinese firms often benefit from subsidies, tax incentives, access to launch facilities, and investments from provincial governments.

— Rainer Zitelmann, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of subsidy

Noun

Russia is increasingly embroiled in its war with Ukraine and not able to send more aid to an island that already owes their former Cold War patron billions of dollars.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
House Republicans on Wednesday released the framework for a $95 billion package to fund the Pentagon and send aid to farmers.

— Jarrell Dillard, Washington Post, 15 July 2026

Definition of aid

Noun

The bill also reauthorizes and then modernizes the HOME Investments Partnership Program, a federal block grant program that seeks to boost building and buying affordable housing and provides rental assistance to low-income households.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
The program receives a mix of state funding and a federal block grant.

— Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 24 June 2026

Definition of block grant

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