sets in motion

present tense third-person singular of set in motion

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  • Both players were consensus top ten picks early on in the draft process, but now often fall to the teens or early twenties.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The protagonist picks themselves up again only to ultimately end up in a bad situation.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Sets in motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sets%20in%20motion. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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