sets on

present tense third-person singular of set on

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sets on Thirty minutes later, The Ataris and Left to Suffer open sets on the Jack Daniel’s Stage and DWPresents Stage. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sets on
Verb
  • Earlier this year, in July 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first implantable VNS device for rheumatoid arthritis, a painful autoimmune disease that attacks the joints.
    Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
  • While Alex is reeling from his discovery, Dwayne attacks him and hauls him away.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Appalachian State’s victory at Michigan in 2007 remains the greatest example of what can happen when a good FCS team walks into your house and raids the fridge, and everything else, but leaves the dog.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Microsoft raids Google’s AI ranks Mustafa Suleyman, one of the founders of Google’s DeepMind, who is now head of Microsoft AI, is raiding his old company for talent, calling them personally on the phone with the promise that life at Microsoft has more of a startup vibe than Google does.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Kyle storms off and vows to find whoever is responsible.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • If at all possible, things get even worse when another group of men storms the house, claiming to be police.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In my opinion, the style strikes the ideal middle ground between baggy and skinny jeans — polished enough to wear to the office yet comfortable enough to run errands and relax in.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Iran’s rejection of these terms contributed to a diplomatic deadlock that preceded the 12-day war with Israel and strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When extracts are shown, they’re either filmed in a theater or shown in a smaller frame within the frame, which robs the movie of its mega-ness.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The erasure of this experience robs us all, and especially future generations who will never see a night like this.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Sets on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sets%20on. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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