as in dedicates
to keep or intend for a special purpose
I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money
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Recent Examples of sets by
The creative team includes movement by Steven Hoggett, sets by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music and arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, and illusions and magic by Jamie Harrison.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sets by
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According to Netflix, Train Dreams — which stars Macy alongside Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon — tells the story of a man in early 20th-century America who dedicates his life to working the land and helping to create a new world.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Bessemer dedicates months to gathering, validating, and examining submission data that forms the foundation of The Cloud 100.—
Bessemer Venture Partners,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This scene must have inspired the one in the iconic six-hour 1995 BBC series, which devotes a full minute to Elizabeth’s muddy walk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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That’s a fancy way of saying that the fund devotes some of its portfolio to debts that rise in value with inflation.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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This multimodal integration not only saves manual labor but improves the accuracy and defensibility of benchmarking outcomes, particularly important for transfer pricing in complicated, multi-jurisdictional settings.—
Chidambaram Bhat,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lukas Weese Shot of the day Jannik Sinner saves a break point with a flick of the wrists and a sharp angle.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Sets by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sets%20by. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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