Thesaurus results for SETTING DOWN

setting down

verb

Definition of setting down next

present participle of set down

as in sitting

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

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Relevance

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 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 As much as the players try to avoid it — by logging off social media, by setting down their phones and by focusing on their training and process — some of the team's biggest names acknowledged it this week. —

Becky Sullivan, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026 To judge by the disorienting sound of this album, middle-aged motherhood for her has been less an experience of setting down roots than of ripping them up. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 Bode is setting down roots in Asia. —

Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026 After touring and setting down her Real Housewives of Potomac champagne flute, Candiace focused on parenthood, welcoming a baby boy with her husband, Chris Bassett, in 2024. —

Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026 Speculation has been rife in the Italian media that Tom Cruise would be among the stars setting down in Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina and even playing a role in its opening ceremony on Friday. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026 Ultra-luxury sales climbed as financial firms, family offices, and high-net-worth buyers keep moving capital and setting down eight-figure residential roots in Palm Beach and Miami. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026

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Now, with 31% of lab space sitting empty, a handful of companies — some international — are swooping in on declining rents and rising landlord concessions.

— Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
Historically the pope is viewed as an honest broker in terms of international diplomacy that is at odds with a sitting president's worldview, but experts say there has never been a clash so public or personal.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026