set by

Idioms  

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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Example Sentences

The achievement surpasses the previous record of 48 qubits, which was also set by Jülich scientists in 2019 using Japan's K computer.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

The chair runs meetings and shapes the agenda, but policy is set by a committee.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

In the Tule area, farmers have been reducing pumping under rules set by local agencies, leaving some fields dry and fallow.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

An insurance company modified a hurricane loss data set by starting from my team’s carefully collected data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

We are all, at heart, gradualists, our expectations set by the steady passage of time.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell