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as in environments
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting
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as in scenes
the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set
the setting for the novel is Victorian England
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Recent Examples of settings
The platform is designed to tightly integrate robot hardware, software systems, and model algorithms into a single training architecture, enabling rapid deployment across industrial, commercial, and even home settings.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
With that, his brain is rebooted to factory settings, and Hank essentially dies in her arms, replaced by another blank slate.
—Jack King, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Some modern vehicles also record motion near parked cars if settings are enabled.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
There’s a full-size humanoid designed for public and commercial spaces, a smaller humanoid for home and multi use, and a quadruped robot for security, inspection, and educational settings.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The team’s next step will be to expand the study across larger and more diverse patient populations to confirm whether the same biological patterns hold up in real-world settings.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Instead, organizers are leveraging the fatality to fuel a new wave of activity, urging more people to enter the same dangerous settings that claimed Pretti’s life.
—Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Women also spend 25% longer in poor health compared to men and are more likely to experience medical gaslighting in traditional health care settings, despite being disproportionately affected by chronic conditions such as chronic pain.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 3 Feb. 2026
Each platform uses different names, dashboards, and default settings.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
With that, his brain is rebooted to factory settings, and Hank essentially dies in her arms, replaced by another blank slate.
—Jack King, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Some modern vehicles also record motion near parked cars if settings are enabled.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
There’s a full-size humanoid designed for public and commercial spaces, a smaller humanoid for home and multi use, and a quadruped robot for security, inspection, and educational settings.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The team’s next step will be to expand the study across larger and more diverse patient populations to confirm whether the same biological patterns hold up in real-world settings.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Instead, organizers are leveraging the fatality to fuel a new wave of activity, urging more people to enter the same dangerous settings that claimed Pretti’s life.
—Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Women also spend 25% longer in poor health compared to men and are more likely to experience medical gaslighting in traditional health care settings, despite being disproportionately affected by chronic conditions such as chronic pain.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 3 Feb. 2026
Each platform uses different names, dashboards, and default settings.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settings
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This special finish allows the torch to shift colors by reflecting the environments it is carried through, whether that be Milan’s bright city lights or the peaks of the Dolomites.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
6 Feb. 2026
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The research team aims to explore how the patches can enhance situational awareness and monitor exposure for military personnel in hazardous environments.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Tokyo — In scenes normally reserved for J-pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest obsession.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Davies’s direction reflects the variety of threads on which the movie’s subjectivity is based; one of the film’s most striking scenes occurs in the brothers’ absence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Despite their contrasting backgrounds, together Joly and Brunet proved unstoppable, transforming pairs skating.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
3 Feb. 2026
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With reasons ranging from ideological to practical, the men looking for birth control options come from varied backgrounds.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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Recorded between Santiago and Barcelona, the track fuses rap, samples and introspective atmospheres with polished touches by Dacel.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
23 Jan. 2026
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The inner two worlds appear on course to lose their atmospheres altogether and become rocky super-Earths.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Sketches are a bit punchier and backdrops more elaborate, though not in a way that undermines the Muppets’ scrappy, analog aesthetic.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Its assortment of recollections consists, for the most part, of first-hand accounts from residents seated at acute angles from the interview camera against colorful backdrops.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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After all, Tom takes off right after Alice suggests the two settle down in New Jersey, where she’s just been offered a job at Princeton, rather than sporadically meet up in exotic locales when their schedules allow.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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For those who never been to San Francisco or the Bay Area, there are plenty of locales people should consider visiting, like the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods National Monument or Alcatraz Island.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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The boy squire shines bright in the otherwise drab surrounds of the tourney campgrounds.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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His 1965 Danziger Studio, a live-work space on Melrose Avenue, featured an uninterrupted stucco façade that blended seamlessly into the urban surrounds.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Dec. 2025
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Whether the game is a blowout or comes down to a fateful goal-line stand, loyalists of one team may leap for joy, while others might lash out in anger, pummeling their TV sets or sinking into a deep postgame funk.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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That event included a lineup of multiple DJs that rotated sets at their downtown location.—
Alexa Stone,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Settings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settings. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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