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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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

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Try to set aside three months or more of living expenses in a high-yield savings account. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 The city faced a $1-billion budget shortfall in 2025 but, after various cost-cutting measures, managed to set aside funding for the LAPD to hire more than 500 new officers in the coming year. — Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for set-aside

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And those striving for zest under these circumstances may benefit from assistance from a mental health professional like a psychologist, a physical health provider like a physician, or a personal trainer or fitness instructor.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The government plans to support participating companies through loan guarantees and assistance with administrative requirements.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistance

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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

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Ossoff last year also pressed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for canceling public health and environmental grants.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Floated earlier this year, a separate bid to have political appointees—rather than independent expert panels—decide grant recipients garnered significant backlash.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of grant

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Nearly 37% of investors surveyed named energy and electrification as their top sector for impact capital allocation, more than three times the next closest sector.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Experience taught me that lasting impact also requires strong leadership, careful resource allocation, clear goals, data, collaboration and efficient systems.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of allocation

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So far, anti-AI legislation has taken the form of blocking subsidies for AI data centers.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The talks come as Paz faces protests over his decision to scrap fuel subsidies in a country that once exported natural gas to its neighbors but now struggles with fuel shortages and declining hydrocarbon production.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidy

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Major disaster aid includes individual assistance, such as temporary housing, loans and repair grants, that disaster survivors need quickly to recover.

— Dana R. Fisher, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
And there is the profiteering from death — the talk of resorts on the shores of Gaza, the government money saved by Elon Musk cutting off aid to starving children.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 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

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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

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