sets down

present tense third-person singular of set down
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as in sits
to cause to sit down set the toddler down in her seat

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as in considers
to think of in a particular way early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck

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Recent Examples of sets down The new generation gives you more playtime to blend and sets down better. Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026 With the win, Fonseca, 19, became the first teenager to ever beat Djokovic in a Grand Slam event and the second player to ever come back from being two sets down to beat the Serbian tennis legend, according to Reuters. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 Jodar, meantime, came from two sets down against 34-year-old Pablo Carreno Busta to win in five sets, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 In his first match against Djokovic, and his first on one of the four biggest Grand Slam courts, Fonseca, 19, became only the second man to beat the 24-time Grand Slam champion from two sets down. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 May 2026 The texture starts creamy and then sets down into a blurred finish. Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 Dec. 2025 Then there’s Peg, who arrives in a bomb-diffusion suit and sets down a ticking bomb. Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 Alcaraz also won the 2025 French Open, coming back from two sets down to triumph over Sinner in what many are calling one of the greatest matches ever played. Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025 Back in June, Alcaraz mounted a historic comeback after being two sets down and facing three championship points against Sinner in one of the greatest men’s French Open finals ever. Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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  • By combining Japanese mechanical design aesthetics, precision manufacturing, and EDC culture, TACTICALGEEK and Hidetoshi Nakayama have created a writing instrument that sits between tool, collectible, and mechanical artwork.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The data center sits just north of the Tennessee state line, in Memphis’s Whitehaven neighborhood; the main power site sits across the border, in Southaven.
    Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • The program logs your viewing habits and sells that data to any third-party company that would like to know them.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The screen porch is the family’s favorite spot in the summer, and Old logs hours there reading or working on needlepoint projects.
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • Fani, a Brentwood artist, considers her collection an extension of her art and has embellished some with Swarovski crystals.
    Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In six states, Medicare beneficiaries must get preapproval for a few treatments that CMS considers to have little clinical benefit and to be susceptible to fraud or waste, including skin substitutes and knee arthroscopy for arthritis.
    Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • The spot seats 180 people, but feels far more intimate—perhaps because of the attentive staff, or the relaxed vibe.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Bleacher seats lower-level east side and southeast side seats for students and the band also are ready for occupancy.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • Huffman and Morelle requested the GAO review Freedom 250 documents, including contracting information, records management and funding information.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • When a bird ascends during a migratory flight, a barometric geolocator records a steep drop in air pressure, capturing the timing of departure and arrival for every stop along a bird’s migration route.
    Stephanie Szarmach, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • Swope said his group isn’t opposed to a data center but regards this location as untenable.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The number in Kode89 pays tribute to 1989, which Okuyama regards as a golden year for automotive design.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Having receiver Cam Coleman opposite Ryan Wingo puts opposing secondaries between a rock and a hard place, because double-teaming one can result in the other going off.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That puts the network front and center, and it must be engineered as a first-class part of the architecture, rather than ordered last.
    Ido Susan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • There is a line item in a lot of Gen X retirement plans that nobody writes down.
    Jon Sabes, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Once in a while this person writes down seven lines only to cross out one of them fifteen minutes later, and then another hour passes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

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