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Recent Examples of set-aside
Phrase
Though Trump's administration has fought to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs, federal contracting rules include set-asides for small businesses owned by women or minorities. Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 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 Specifically, his plan calls for a $78 million set-aside to address potential Tier 2 compliance costs. Derek Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025 Several rooms in their own set-aside section of the larger facility are designated as an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and are equipped with special seizure-monitoring equipment. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025 Line a large baking pan with some of the set-aside, uncooked leaves, then top with small amount of the sauce mixture. Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 11 May 2025 Still, contractors said there were other problems with the set-aside program that the legislation failed to address. Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for set-aside
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  • Noting the billions of dollars that Arkansas spends each year on federal programs to help the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps, child welfare and unemployment assistance, Sanders suggested the problems are often too big for a single program to fix.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The program, which offers $1,500 mid-pregnancy cash assistance and then $500 a month up to a year of the baby's life, already operates in 11 communities around Michigan.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • The think-tank Brookings Institution offers a more glaring estimate of over seven million Americans whose work is directly supported by federal contracts or grants.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Trump officials have repeatedly cast public schools as dangerous even as the agency canceled about $1 billion in training grants for more school mental health professionals — money that had been authorized by Congress to help prevent school shootings.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • This is especially relevant for those rethinking strategic asset allocation.
    Paul Malloy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Private-equity firms are hunting for new capital pools as institutional allocations mature and growth slows.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • In their funding bill, Democrats included a provision to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire this year, warning that failure to act could lead to higher insurance premiums.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats have largely withheld votes from a short-term plan to fund the government, insisting Republicans engage with them on extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Will food aid continue under SNAP and WIC?
    Terry Moseley, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • The project is being funded in part by a community development block grant of $355,500 and a grant from KABOOM!
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • 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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  • The annuity is paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, according to the Mega Millions website.
    Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The annuity payments increased every year and the last one was the biggest.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Since none of the 12 appropriations bills have been approved, this shutdown is more extensive than the partial shutdown that started in December 2018, when Congress had enacted five of the 12 appropriations bills, said the nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank Committee for a Responsible Budget.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But Republicans instead want to pass a short-term funding bill to keep the government open for a few weeks while bipartisan negotiations on appropriations take place.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Set-aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set-aside. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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