Thesaurus results for SETS DOWN

sets down

verb

present tense third-person singular of set down

as in sits

to cause to sit down set the toddler down in her seat

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as in logs

to make a written note of set down the names of those in attendance

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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 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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The club now sits at 4 wins, 10 losses, 2 draws (14 points), just six points off a playoff spot but with plenty of congestion in between.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
The site, which sits just out of view from the highway about 4 miles south of the Boise Stage Stop off of exit 71, encompasses nearly 300,000 industrial solar panels and enough cable to stretch from the farm to Salt Lake City.

— Mark Dee July 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 July 2026

Definition of sits

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The wallet itself runs checks against counterparties, enforces spending rules, and logs every interaction, effectively preventing the agent from acting outside approved parameters.

— Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
In a typical year, Michigan logs around fifty cyclospora infections; in the past month, the state has recorded more than three thousand.

— Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

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Paramount has agreed to delay acquiring Warner Brothers Discovery until next year as an Oakland federal court considers a high-profile lawsuit from Attorney General Rob Bonta that seeks to block the merger.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
At the time of the announcement, Cecilia Strömblad Brännsten, head of resource use and circularity at H&M, said working with Circ and Lenzing provides a better way forward as the company considers its production strategies.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of considers

Verb

The area is framed by generous glazing and includes a coffee table, plus a dining table that seats two.

— Adam Williams July 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2026
This production suggests that Hedwig is actually doing her concert at the Yale Cabaret space, which seats less than 100 people, while Tommy Gnosis is headlining at the nearly 1,000-person capacity Toad’s Place.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of seats

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Many of those elders wanted to express their personal connection to the film’s story, something Riedel regards as a part of his reconnection to his community.

— Jennie Punter, Variety, 21 July 2026
Given today’s fraught new era of great-power competition, where would be the most strategically useful birthplace for a figure Beijing regards as a threat?

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Definition of regards

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Advocates and city councilors said at an April Council hearing that the Wu administration’s inaction has cost the city millions in federal grant funding and puts cyclists and pedestrians at risk.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
That puts additional weight on the value of the face-to-face interview — one of the last remaining stages of the hiring process that can’t be automated.

— Cami Fateh, Vogue, 22 July 2026

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