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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
Toni Townes-Whitley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
That’s a huge number, a three-fold increase in housing set-asides for our hardworking city employees, and a crucial lifeline for countless New Yorkers.
—Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
In addition to the rural set-aside visa quota explained above, this development provides unprecedented timeframes for rural EB-5 petitions based on my observations as the managing partner of an EB-5 firm.
—Sam Silverman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Even more controversial has been the state’s year-old Live Local Act, which overrides local zoning rules in commercial and industrial districts to encourage developers to supersize projects that include certain set-asides for middle-class housing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
If that’s the case, the agreement has to meet HUD’s standard for repair set-asides.
—Mallika Mitra, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
By then, billions of dollars in covid-era relief from the federal government — including a set-aside for TANF, which can cover emergency aid, job training, child care, and more — is likely to have expired.
—Aneri Pattani, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2025
In November, the City Council came to the rescue and approved a $20 million set-aside in the city's 2025 budget.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Those set-aside times are just called something different.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
Companies of all types should be allowed to compete on an even playing field to demonstrate their best solutions and avoid set-asides that favor one type of company.
—Toni Townes-Whitley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
That’s a huge number, a three-fold increase in housing set-asides for our hardworking city employees, and a crucial lifeline for countless New Yorkers.
—Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
In addition to the rural set-aside visa quota explained above, this development provides unprecedented timeframes for rural EB-5 petitions based on my observations as the managing partner of an EB-5 firm.
—Sam Silverman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Even more controversial has been the state’s year-old Live Local Act, which overrides local zoning rules in commercial and industrial districts to encourage developers to supersize projects that include certain set-asides for middle-class housing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
If that’s the case, the agreement has to meet HUD’s standard for repair set-asides.
—Mallika Mitra, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
By then, billions of dollars in covid-era relief from the federal government — including a set-aside for TANF, which can cover emergency aid, job training, child care, and more — is likely to have expired.
—Aneri Pattani, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2025
In November, the City Council came to the rescue and approved a $20 million set-aside in the city's 2025 budget.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Those set-aside times are just called something different.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for set-aside
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Cursor’s desktop application gained popularity last year for providing coding assistance by drawing from Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet model.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Document the encounter and seek assistance as soon as possible.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Facts: In August 2024, Power Forward Communities, a consortium of groups aimed at lowering housing costs and utility bills, received a $2 billion grant from the EPA.—
Leslie Dickstein,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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David Walt, a professor at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Womens’ Hospital who develops diagnostics, was told April 14, the same day as the Harvard announcement, that his federal grant worth $300,000 a year was immediately terminated.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Eligibility for premium subsidies for insurance plans sold in Affordable Care Act marketplaces is also tied to the official poverty level.—
Arthur Allen,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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First, a policy group that tracks government subsidies related to economic development.—
Alex Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Apr. 2025
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There are volunteer opportunities, a teen club, and during the current conflict, the Hesed has become a hub for delivering tons of humanitarian aid, trauma care, and kinship.—
Maria Zimina,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Of the more than $175 billion in aid that the US Congress has appropriated to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, more than $120 billion has been spent directly with US companies or on US Forces, according to conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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The federal government is pushing for work requirements and block grants, which would cap funding and shift more responsibility to the states.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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This could mean instituting a per-capita cap on funding or reducing the federal matching rate and possibly replacing it with a funding system with block grants in which states would be either given a capped yearly lump sum of money or an annual upper limit on federal payments per Medicaid enrollee.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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How to Avoid This Mistake: Diversify your income sources: Social Security, investment dividends, rental income, part-time work, pensions, and annuities are some examples.—
Wes Moss,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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There are no gift tax consequences to naming someone as the beneficiary of a living trust, retirement account, life insurance policy, annuity, TOD, or ladybird deed.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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However, many present-day critics classify her adventures and recordings as cultural appropriation.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Apr. 2025
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Spending more and inking multiyear appropriations can help overcome these challenges.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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House Democrats used Tuesday as a national day of action on the entitlement program.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
16 Apr. 2025
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For example, the gridlock includes entitlement reform and tax hikes on the wealthy that may be unavoidable, but politically toxic.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Set-aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set-aside. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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