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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The set-aside secures a 20% density bonus, meaning the team can build up to 4,254 units. —

Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2026 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 With this new tool merchants can set aside sales tax from operating cash daily with the feature ‘set-aside,’ have their tax obligations tracked in real time and have returns filled on their behalf within one system. —

Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2026 Should the sales process spill into next year, however, Zaslav’s tax liability picture would improve and the $335 million set-aside would not be needed, according to documents. —

Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 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

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Experts and officials say the progress is largely thanks to the billions of dollars in public spending statewide, expanding street outreach, boosting rental assistance and converting motels into shelters and supportive housing, among other efforts to alleviate homelessness.

— Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Significantly for the Charlotte area, the region is eligible for both grants and closing cost assistance.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026