SET-ASIDE Synonyms: 238 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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

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Police told Fox News Digital that the case is being investigated by IMPD’s Violent Crimes Task Force, with assistance from the FBI, and that an evidence technician responded to the scene to photograph and collect evidence.

— Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, knowledge workers were a bit more optimistic about their job security; 39% of these specialized finance and insurance workers, 35% of health care and social assistance employees, and 32% of technology services staffers strongly agreed their jobs were safe from being cut last year.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026