as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money
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Recent Examples of set by
That friend is alleged to have sold the information to others, and those others placed bets on the prop bet of Terry scoring under, assisting under, shooting under the line set by various bet houses.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
On October 11, Grabow, an avid triathlete who took up the demanding athletic discipline at 59, became the oldest woman to ever complete an Ironman World Championship, breaking the previous record set by then 78-year-old Cherie Gruenfeld in 2022.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 29 Oct. 2025
Also set by her, at 33, at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
The federal funds rate, which is set by the Federal Open Market Committee, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
On October 11, Grabow, an avid triathlete who took up the demanding athletic discipline at 59, became the oldest woman to ever complete an Ironman World Championship, breaking the previous record set by then 78-year-old Cherie Gruenfeld in 2022.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 29 Oct. 2025
Also set by her, at 33, at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
The federal funds rate, which is set by the Federal Open Market Committee, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for set by
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Faced with a highly dynamic and competitive market, many CEOs are dedicating more time to thinking about, setting and executing strategy.—
Sarah Abbott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Activists’ calls for more attention on the cases led to federal officials from former President Joe Biden’s administration dedicating more resources and initiatives to addressing missing and killed Indigenous people.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even with other democratic countries, Biden and his team devoted little attention to expanding free trade agreements and fueled economic tensions with allies, especially South Korea and Japan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even at places that had multiple televisions, the bar staff and managers were not willing to devote one of the TVs to a women's game.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Our clean energy and wildfire prevention efforts are saving billions—both in disaster costs and everyday bills.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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My father had two superpowers that saved him in the face of all those failures—his talent for telling stories and gardening.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Set by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set%20by. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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