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set by

  1. Put aside for future use, as in She had shelves and shelves of cans set by for some imagined food emergency. [Late 1500s] Also see set aside, def. 1; set store by.



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The show’s minimalism extends to its set by Soutra Gilmour: two oversize piles of luggage on a turntable—conceptually clever even if it may trigger unpleasant memories of long, foot-tapping waits at airport carousels.

But the personal allowance - the amount a person is allowed to earn before they start to pay tax - is set by Westminster.

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The tax benefit applies to assets that have a depreciation life—which is set by the IRS—of 20 years or less.

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A country’s ability to build out a sovereign AI ecosystem may also depend on the terms set by the U.S., which dominates many key technologies linked to AI, said Vikram Singh.

What’s at issue is something called the 39% rule, which is the limit set by current FCC rules for the percentage of households one broadcast company is allowed to reach in the U.S.

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