setting up

verb

present participle of set up
1
as in putting
to arrange something in a certain spot or position set up tables in the living room for the party

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2
as in founding
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city

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3
as in erecting
to fix in an upright position set up a post from which to hang the sign

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4
as in building
to form by putting together parts or materials set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions

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5
as in healing
to restore to a healthy condition don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time

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Recent Examples of setting up Welcomed by Herky the Hornet, the cheer team and the campus community, the students and their families checked in before unloading their belongings and setting up their new rooms. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Indiana and Mathurin failed to agree to a rookie scale extension the following October, setting up February’s deadline deal. — William Guillory, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 That, plus a false start on 3rd-and-1, killed what was setting up to be another scoring drive for SHS. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 If elected, Henderson said his priority would be stabilizing the district’s finances and setting up standing committees — a model that several of his opponents have also supported. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 High pressure will build in Sunday, clearing the clouds and setting up a quiet start to next week. — Chris Shaffer, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Individual apparatus leads include Patrick Hoopes on pommel horse, Asher Cohen on still rings, Yul Moldauer on parallel bars, Cooper Kim on high bar, and Kameron Nelson on vault, setting up an exciting final day. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 That period firmly cemented their relationship—one that would encourage Hattie to pursue her dream of setting up her own tailoring business. — Jessica Salter, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026 Trump chose not to renew that trade pact, setting up years of negotiations. — ABC News, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for setting up
  1. putting
  2. founding
  3. erecting
  4. building
  5. healing
  6. situating
  7. establishing
  8. raising
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  • Mars challenges restrictive Saturn, putting your desire to take a chance against someone else’s need for reassurance.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The CameraJet came out on top on every metric—but the comparison seems a bit like putting a mortar and pestle up against a VitaMix.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of putting
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  • Before founding the company, al Khafaji had created data visualisation firm Silk, later acquired by Palantir.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • To those paying attention to what’s transpired over the last few years, the debate playing out online is not a surprise, said Brian Levin, founding director at the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of founding
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  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by erecting a 24-by-12-foot bilingual sign in Grimsby, Ontario on Saturday with the Canadian name for the lake.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Coastal Commission signed off on the project a few years ago, after tussles over low-cost housing provisions during the course of erecting yet another luxury hotel.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of erecting
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  • Mid-cap companies are also investing more in building new capacity, Nitin Bhasin, head of institutional equities at Ambit Capital, told CNBC.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Zag will sit down with Deadline at the Rendez-Vous to discuss the business, and his approach to building animation franchises and connecting with younger audiences.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of building
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  • Anything starts to look possible in Ricki’s presence, even healing.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Grande, who was healing from a minor foot injury, addressed the crowd from the stage while sitting on a stool overlooking the thousands gathered at O2 Arena.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of healing
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  • The Sun is in Virgo until September 22, situating you in your annual season of renewal and personal vitality.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The report proposed situating it at the western end of the Mall, near the Potomac River.
    — Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of situating
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  • Those visuals will go a long way in establishing him as a bona fide baddie.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of establishing
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  • Yosemite records few rabid bats, with the last case in 2025, but other national parks have issued rabies alerts within days or weeks, raising fresh questions about Yosemite’s public-health communication.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, does more thinking beyond human oversight, boosting capabilities but raising concerns about loss of control.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of raising

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“Setting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/setting%20up. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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