SETTING OUT Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

setting out

verb

present participle of set out

as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years

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Recent Examples of setting out Momentum is very important in tournament soccer and setting out to draw or lose goes against everything these players are primed to do. —

Ben Church, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 So, on the evening of June 1, neighbors gathered to show support for her family by setting out lights. —

Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 For one, mosquitoes breed in water so creating a spray or setting out coffee water may have contradictory effects. —

Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 May 2026 Putin was speaking in the Kremlin after setting out his view of the causes of the war. —

Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026 Yet shortly before setting out to Miami to shoot the 2026 Robb Report Car of the Year feature, I was introduced to the Harlowe Rocket—and everything changed. —

Robb Rice, Robb Report, 10 May 2026 Long enamoured with Italy, the couple eloped in Puglia in 2019, later setting out to translate the same sense of romance, craftsmanship, and unhurried beauty to the folds of the Noosa hinterland. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 Another such method is setting out toxic baits—strychnine is commonly used for this purpose. —

David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 Apr. 2026 With fewer people using dating apps, more singles are setting out to meet other single people in real life. —

Leondra Head, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026

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Scientists think this macromolecular (meaning large) complex carbon, could hold evidence that ancient microbial life once existed in the same sedimentary material, according to one new paper describing these observations.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 24 June 2026
Crane offered a similar read, describing the collection as both new and familiar — the kind of pieces that could believably have been thrifted from a Venice Beach shop, even as fabrications like Terry and slub cotton give them a softer, more contemporary hand.

— Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 24 June 2026

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More in Culture Photo Album Take a look at these photos of the week, depicting medieval armored combat in France, an early harvest in Romania, and more.

— Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
There’s the lively battle scene depicting the nobleman Charles Stanhope defending Jamaica (which had been made a British territory in 1655 and remained one until 1962) from France, the United States’ ally in the Revolutionary War.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026

Definition of depicting

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And another person portraying General Washington was on hand to work the crowd.

— Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026
In portraying the fraught relationship between a young lesbian and her conservative mother, animation becomes both a barrier and a bridge, shielding lived trauma while reaching toward reconciliation and love.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026