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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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But while today's climbers follow a well-trodden route set by experienced Nepali guides, the team navigated the mountain on their own.

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The Olympic record time among male athletes for the 100-meter dash is 9.63 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2012, while the women’s Olympic record is 10.61 seconds, set by Elaine Thompson-Herah in 2021.

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He said while there was sufficient evidence when charges were originally brought against the two men, a precedent set by another spying case earlier this year meant China would need to have been labelled a "threat to national security" at the time of the alleged offences.

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The pay rates are set by the government every year on the advice of an independent group, the Low Pay Commission, and apply across the whole of the UK.

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New limitations set by the Food and Drug Administration and a vaccine-advisory panel backed by Kennedy on who are recommended for the Covid-19 vaccine prompted some governors to issue emergency orders clarifying that pharmacists may administer the vaccine without a doctor’s prescription.

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