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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
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
Density bonuses should require clear, enforceable community returns, especially affordable housing set-asides.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
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
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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All of these efforts would be backed by set-aside financing, ensuring that the city would put its money where its mouth is.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
Density bonuses should require clear, enforceable community returns, especially affordable housing set-asides.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for set-aside
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Ecumenical Hunger Program did administer a Family Sustainability Program that was started during COVID that provided financial assistance to families in need in our community.—
Sooji Nam,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Christie’s is planning to open a boutique wine shop at its headquarters in Rockefeller Center, thanks in part to assistance from New York state legislators who passed a law allowing the auction house to get around a regulation dating back more than a century.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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Of the 16 schools with six-figure price tags, the average scholarship grant awarded to first-year students with need in 2026-27 ranges from $42,000 to $79,000, on average, The Princeton Review found.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Even with its fiscal year 2026 budget largely protected by Congress, the NSF has awarded grants at roughly 20% of its historical rate this fiscal year.—
Remy Dou,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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Last week, Iran’s football federation announced that its entire ticket allocation had been withdrawn, leaving fans who had already made travel plans with nothing.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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CalFresh offers low-income state residents aid through monthly allocations of food stamps to purchase items at grocery stores and markets.—
Lizzie Kane
June 14,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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The insurance subsidies expire imminently and could inflame voters by spiking health care costs for millions of people.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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But the preliminary numbers could reflect signs of financial strain for people who can’t afford to pay hundreds of dollars more in monthly premiums once enhanced federal subsidies expire at the end of the year.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
11 Dec. 2025
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In addition to all the bottles that were flying, someone in one of the buses threw a metal first-aid box from inside it at a Daily News reporter.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
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The judges association came to Dixson’s aid with endorsements, campaign cash and the op-ed — actions Bass views as heavy-handed and political, but Dixson’s supporters said were necessary to protect a judge from unwarranted attacks.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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Earlier in the summer, disagreements emerged over the rollout of the disaster aid block grant.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2025
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In the department’s budget request, the academic enrichment in grant is one of several to be folded into a single state undesignated block grant, to be spent however the state chooses.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Social Security benefits can count toward that income calculation, and lenders may also consider pension payments, retirement account distributions, annuity income, investment earnings or part-time employment income in the process.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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That supervision is unlikely to become an annuity at the old scale and margin because governing AI runs on the hyperscalers, the model labs, and Microsoft within Azure AI, all of whom sit closer to it than any integrator and intend to sell it themselves.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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What To Know Representative Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican, introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill to fund the Department of the Interior that, if passed, would rename the Kennedy Center for the first lady.—
Hollie Silverman
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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The $200 million allocated to truck parking in the House transportation appropriations bill released last week is a welcome start to preventing similar tragedies.—
Chris Spear,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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“Set-aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set-aside. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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