Thesaurus results for SETTING DOWN

setting down

verb

present participle of set down

as in sitting

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

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as in recording

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

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as in regarding

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 setting down James Gray continued his festival tour with Paper Tiger this weekend setting down in the Locarno Film Festival to receive an honorary award ahead of the film’s Swiss premiere on its landmark Piazza Grande. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026 Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 Some of the deals have pages of guardrails and approval rights, setting down boundaries for any future use of these replicas. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026 Kicking a ball, setting down your bike's kickstand, or making a splash in the water, use your feet to kick-start some fun! — Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026 Her uncle, Lee Kuan Yew, was Singapore’s first prime minister, credited with setting down an approach to economic development that helped make the city-state one of Asia’s richest and most developed societies. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 1 June 2026 Robb Report’s culinary spectacular is setting down roots in the Big Easy next month. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026 Woo yielded one hit over seven brilliant innings, setting down his last 12 batters and recording six strikeouts while matching the longest scoreless start of his career. — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026

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Verb

These include vehicles stopped in curves, vehicles positioned across multiple lanes, and stationary vehicles sitting at unusual angles, such as those encountered near an earlier roadway incident.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Months later, sitting at the dining room table in their Madison home, Helen, Bob, and Corey silently stared at one another.

— Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of sitting

Verb

As the agents stood outside the emergency room entrance, a large crowd of protesters began to converge at the hospital, some banging pots and recording the interaction on their phones.

— Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
After recording the views, a recovery system Barnard called Repris consisted of a streamer to slow its drop and a GPS tracker to help locate the pod after landing.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of recording

Verb

Wednesday’s filing is the latest in Black’s legal dispute regarding Epstein.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
But rising concerns regarding affordability and data centers boosted the campaign of Acton and running mate David Pepper, the former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of regarding

Verb

That should only climb higher with the $335 million (€300 million) arena the club is planning to build, seating 12,000 for basketball and an additional 3,000 for concerts.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Golden State plays its games at San Francisco's Chase Center, which has seating for 18,000 fans.

— Alex Sherman, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of seating

Verb

Buzelis struggled again, logging more turnovers (five) than points (four) after racking up three early fouls that limited his production.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Collins is from Caribou, and Jackson is from the small logging town of Allagash, which is even further north.

— Caroline Linton, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of logging

Verb

There are also two off-site restaurants worth considering, both reachable on foot or via the hotel’s tuk-tuk.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
But according to multiple reports, including the Associated Press, Blackburn is not considering tapping Hegseth.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of considering

Verb

The practice involves writing down your intrusive thoughts and fears, and even recording yourself talking about them, and playing that recording back to yourself.

— Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
That requires writing down what the role needs before anyone’s name is attached to it.

— Christina Greenberg, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of writing down

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