sets up

present tense third-person singular of set up
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sets up The episode also sets up some hints about what’s to come next. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 Anderson sets up their tumultuous familyhood and the film jumps off after everything changes over the time span of the 16 years. Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sets up
Verb
  • As advertisers trim spend and Trump puts late night in his crosshairs, the costs of these TV programs are coming under the microscope.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Whether that puts your eyes onto your career and public image, your personal connections, or even a new hobby or interest, let this encourage you to lead full force in that direction with vulnerability and inspiration.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Carbon Markets as Geopolitical Leverage That investor confidence may grow stronger as Beijing builds out the financial plumbing of the transition.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The extension, which builds on a relationship that began in 2018, will focus on delivering connectivity and immersive experiences to NBA fans.
    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The 2025 season could be the same, unless Browning can step up and completely lead while Burrow heals.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The glue is also biodegradable, meaning the body absorbs it as the bone heals, so no second surgery is needed to remove implants.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One such symbolic reconstruction currently underway in Ukrainian society relates to the vivid exchange on how Ukraine situates itself in the post-Soviet and Eastern European realm.
    Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Director Colleen Thurston skillfully situates deeply personal storytelling within a historical framework detailing the intentional efforts to displace people from their native lands.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The flippancy with which these characters are made to bite the dust establishes the film’s combustible tone.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Slowly rising closer to its preseason number (+750), Kansas City looks dangerous as the roster gets healthy and Patrick Mahomes establishes a rhythm.
    Scott Phillips, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The birds, sourced from Jurgielewicz Farms, an Amish producer in Pennsylvania that raises Peking ducks exclusively, are hung to dry overnight.
    Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In painting such a devastating picture of Biden, Harris raises questions about her own political judgment.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The department plans and constructs new freeways, additional lanes and other improvements in the Phoenix area as part of the Regional Transportation Plan for the Maricopa County region.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And foxes are the most expensive animals the facility rehabilitates.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Sets up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sets%20up. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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