set
verb (used with object)
to put (something or someone) in a particular place.
self-set
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a word derived from
set.
Example Sentences
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The county loosened its rules after meeting its self-set threshold of having under 2,500 coronavirus-positive individuals hospitalized for seven straight days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
With features like this, it’s not uncommon to see companies hedge on timelines, lest they make like Douglas Adams and watch self-set deadlines whoosh by.
From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2022
Their lawyer, Rhoda Verheyen, said her clients want judges to decide whether the government’s self-set emissions reduction targets for 2020 constitute a binding pledge.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
A self-set clock is ticking, however, with Mike Bryan calling this season “maybe the last year” the two would play on tour.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2017
Then quietly he had returned to his self-set task.
From The Black Star Passes by John Wood Campbell
