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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
Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2026
Wu has a budget of $4.8 billion, surely there’s a set-aside for snow clearance.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
The credit rating agency believes Brightline will be able to cover an interest payment due in July only by exhausting the money set-aside to make those payments, unless business and train fares pick up more than expected before then.
—Tom Hudson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Designed to help eligible firms overcome early barriers to government procurement, the program provides access to set-aside and sole-source contracts alongside business development support, with the goal of helping companies build capacity and eventually compete without preference.
—Natalie Madeira Cofield, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The city could then use subcontracting goals or set-asides for certain small contracts to target businesses within those tiers, according to Bawa.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of millions of acres of land in the United States have been taken off the table for housing through land set-asides, Kafkaesque permitting regimes, and the constant threat of litigation.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
For investors from countries with EB-5 visa backlogs, such as China and India, set-aside EB-5 visas significantly help avoid long delays.
—Sam Silverman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
Loeffler said the firms collectively received nearly $1.3 billion in 8(a) set-aside and sole-source federal contracts from fiscal 2021 through 2024, with nearly $1 billion awarded through sole-source contracts.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2026
Wu has a budget of $4.8 billion, surely there’s a set-aside for snow clearance.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
The credit rating agency believes Brightline will be able to cover an interest payment due in July only by exhausting the money set-aside to make those payments, unless business and train fares pick up more than expected before then.
—Tom Hudson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Designed to help eligible firms overcome early barriers to government procurement, the program provides access to set-aside and sole-source contracts alongside business development support, with the goal of helping companies build capacity and eventually compete without preference.
—Natalie Madeira Cofield, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The city could then use subcontracting goals or set-asides for certain small contracts to target businesses within those tiers, according to Bawa.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of millions of acres of land in the United States have been taken off the table for housing through land set-asides, Kafkaesque permitting regimes, and the constant threat of litigation.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
For investors from countries with EB-5 visa backlogs, such as China and India, set-aside EB-5 visas significantly help avoid long delays.
—Sam Silverman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for set-aside
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The war has torn up a fifth of the country, but even with scant, erratic assistance, Ukrainians must emerge from the dust, to be applauded by the West, and go it close-to-alone again.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Exceeding that threshold, or cliff, by even $1 disqualifies families such as Wright-Pierce's from any premium assistance.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The grant is expected to help inform the city’s safety action plan and its Vision Zero efforts, a national initiative aimed at eliminating traffic deaths.—
Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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The nonprofit Fair Park First has been awaiting a development agreement from the city as millions in grant funding neared a March deadline.—
Aria Jones,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Prevent the city from expanding its tax allocation districts.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The rink disparity’s roots go back to well before the countries’ current allocation of resources.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The commission oversees spectrum auctions, broadband deployment subsidies, rural connectivity programs, and emergency communications infrastructure.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Forcing millions of people to give up their subsidy every few years could also rattle the private landlords who lease to those with a housing voucher.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2026
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With thousands of families afraid to leave their homes and with no source of income, mutual aid networks, large and small, ramped up to offer everything from food delivery to rent assistance to laundry service.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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Chesterton Fire provided mutual aid and the Porter County Sheriff’s Department also assisted.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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If the Danish block grant diminishes, Greenlanders may need to regard the American offer as the sole viable economic safety net.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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As a result, states were cut off from almost $2 billion in block grants, including $350 million in addiction and overdose funding.—
Charles LeBaron,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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If eligible, Springsteen and Scott could each receive roughly $800,000 for the time they were incarcerated, in addition to annuity payments and benefits.—
Tony Plohetski,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Mega Millions and Powerball jackpot winners can decide on cash or annuity payment within 60 days after becoming entitled to the prize.—
Staff Reports,
The Providence Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
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Universities can also request that state and federal legislators allocate funding in their yearly appropriations bills for research.—
Brian Herman,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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And so this would have to be money that would be an appropriation.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Set-aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set-aside. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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