set
verb (used with object)
to put (something or someone) in a particular place.
Example Sentences
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TMO: Your runway shows feel less like presentations of clothes and more like fully realized theatrical worlds, complete with characters, sets and a beginning, middle and end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Fed, which sets the price of every drink in the house, had a week, too.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Brian had written down the recipe, and, in his back shed, Michael, with the eventual assistance of Kasey, sets about following it into strange and disturbing territory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
From there his levels started to rise and he claimed the following three sets to lead.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Dad sets chicken long rice to simmering, and Ollie shows up with banana bread he baked himself.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
