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

Water could exist beneath a chokingly thick atmosphere, as high-pressure ice, or sitting above an inhospitable interior.

— Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Upstairs, the entirety of the tiny cottage is the apartment’s primary suite, surrounded by outdoor space, including a sitting area with its own wood-burning fireplace.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of sitting

Verb

Northern Illinois drops after not recording a first down at Iowa until late in the third quarter against the Hawkeyes' third-string defense.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Reliever Seth Halvorsen gave up three hits without recording an out in the ninth, but the Dodgers had built up enough of a lead to weather a Washington (67-76) comeback attempt.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of recording

Verb

System rules regarding scannability and link formatting should only act as soft, secondary suggestions on how to style the text, rather than hard walls that truncate the content entirely.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Land use law The law regarding acquiring public park land is blurred.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of regarding

Verb

Thanks to seating charts, the two were constantly placed next to each other in all of their classes, beginning with freshman year at their Atlanta high school.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
The concept, seating 94 guests in banquettes, is designed as an evening destination combining dinner, cocktails and music.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of seating

Verb

But some have questioned how logging operations may impact the environment with the use of heavy machinery potentially disturbing soil composition, plant growth and animal species.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
In late 2025, Perplexity’s Comet browser began logging into shoppers’ Amazon accounts and buying on their behalf.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of logging

Verb

Travelers who are considering booking one of these flights can use websites like SkyAccess, which posts available empty leg inventory for flights weeks or months in advance.

— Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026
The goalkeeping department has probably been downgraded, considering the highly promising Trafford left, and was replaced by Geronimo Rulli, a solid backup option at 34 years of age.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of considering

Verb

But if not, there’s nothing wrong with playing an experienced guy such as Fowler and not putting Lindstein in a position to fail.

— Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The ratios offer a little more room for expenses by putting a little less toward savings than the longstanding gold standard, the 50/30/20 budget.

— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of putting

Verb

Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto shows the benefits of experts writing down the small part of their experience and knowledge that can be written down.

— Timor Brik, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Why would a woman counting down the hours until her suicide still be writing down joke ideas?

— Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026

Definition of writing down

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