sets on

present tense third-person singular of set on

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sets on In Shakir’s time on the field, which was unofficially 55 percent by our in-game counts, the Bills used him in three-receiver sets on all but two of his snaps. Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 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
  • The monkey’s genitals are burned with a candle, and it is placed in a cage with a mongoose, which attacks it.
    Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But together a picture emerges of a long-standing movement eager to stop anyone who attacks a principle or personality its adherents hold dear.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The episode sees Marge revisit her nostalgia for a Dawson's Creek-esque '90s teen drama as Lisa raids her mom's closet for vintage threads with the help of fashion-forward classmates Devin (Cole Escola) and Vidalia (Stephanie Hsu).
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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
  • Sunny Hostin strikes a pose at the opening of the 50th Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York, which benefits the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • When sunlight strikes a leaf, energy races across protein structures before it can be stored and used.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 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 6 Oct. 2025.

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