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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Mortgage rates are tied to the 10-year Treasury yield rather than the shorter-term federal funds rate set by the Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

They get anchored to the diesel price, and the diesel price is set by whoever controls the water.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Curtis said Reiner broke the record set by his father, Carl Reiner, for the longest gap between acting Emmys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Like Altman and Hassabis, he believes that rules set by the industry itself would be insufficient.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

The moon had set by now, and the sky to the south was profoundly dark, though the billions of stars lay on it like diamonds on velvet.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman