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 finale also sets up for Boris to return in future seasons. Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025 Caleb Femi’s Poor (2020) sets up a visual contrast between exterior shots of the cold geometric grid of the North Peckham Estate, and close-up interiors with dancing. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 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
  • The new browser looks a lot like traditional ones such as Google Chrome, but puts ChatGPT at the center of the browsing experience and weaves AI into the user experience.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the country has pioneered a Blue Economy—an ocean-first approach that puts conservation before consumption, sustainability before spectacle.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So, games like that builds trust.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But the restaurant doesn't dwell in the past; Agnes and Sherman is a diner for a new generation that builds upon all that came before.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That joy is part of your path, and that laughter heals.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Nature is almost like another character in the movie; there’s a spiritual side to nature that heals people.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By analyzing discourses on development squarely within Native American studies, Yazzie situates capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism into the politics of nation-building.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Durham incorporates archival footage alongside shots of a young Alysia with her father to create a dazzling effect that situates the Abbotts within their own history.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile the Magisterium has come under the control of one Marcel Delamare, an ideologue who establishes a quasi-fascist regime in Britain.
    Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The faculty group said the question was specifically meant to address the controversial antisemitism bill — AB 715 — Newsom signed earlier this month, which establishes a new Office of Civil Rights and a statewide Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator in an effort to rein in antisemitism in schools.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The situation raises broader questions about transparency, accountability, and the example set by Hialeah’s top official.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As people increasingly rely on AI assistants as search tools, and the study raises concerns about the potential proliferation of misinformation.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And Dacus, with slow-burning lyricism and diary-fragment songwriting, constructs entire emotional geographies connected by faith, heartbreak, memory, and grief.
    Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 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, the transportation department said.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025

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

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