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as in to put
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
set up tables in the living room for the party
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as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city
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as in to erect
to fix in an upright position
set up a post from which to hang the sign
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as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions
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as in to heal
to restore to a healthy condition
don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time
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as in layout
the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized
the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter
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as in sequence
the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another
changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied
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Recent Examples of set up
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
But some businesses have yet to set up systems for recording and paying tariffs.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
French academies are often smaller than programs in Madrid or Barcelona (which has a similar setup and funding model to Real Madrid).
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Feel free to set up a drink space with all the accouterments, from glassware to drink options to even a cooler, that guests can help themselves to.
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Some self-custody services, like Casa, offer multi-signature setups that reduce the risks of single-point failure.
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Scott Taylor, lead mechanical engineer for manufacturer Lockheed Martin, put the effort in perspective in a 2023 news release.—
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Although the premium hospitality OVG Hospitality already provides in Las Vegas, Phoenix, London and Abu Dhabi resonated with the Lightning ownership, Granger said that a desire to put a local spin on Amalie’s food and beverage offerings helped win the bid.—
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With the rules well established by the club surrounding ownership of Augusta National’s rye green blazers, there’s little chance a Masters green jacket will permanently leave the golf course grounds ever again.—
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When racial segregation was officially banned, White Americans established private swim clubs that required members to pay a fee that wasn’t always affordable.—
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Prefabricated buildings erected in the underground caverns housed sleeping quarters, latrines, laboratories, a mess hall, laundry and gym.—
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Courtesy of the Equal Justice Initiative EJI plans to erect a new park and exhibit that will honor the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March.—
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The volatile security situation is now combined with the perception, if not the reality, that Iran is preparing to build nuclear weapons.—
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He’s done so much for the organization, given his heart and soul to it and building a culture that’s respected.—
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That first week after Mary’s release proved oddly healing for Karina.—
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Even after the physical scars healed, I was left with emotional ones.—
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The problem worsens with two-column layouts, tables, charts, and scanned documents with poor image quality.—
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According to Mistral's materials, their system aims to extract text and images from documents with complex layouts by using its language model capabilities to process document elements.—
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In just one transporting sequence that’s almost too much to take in, Coogler traces a line from the blues of the 1930s back to its origins and forward to its influences on funk and beyond.—
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Colossal managed to resurrect it by editing snippets of the gray wolf’s gene sequence that were most divergent between the two related species.—
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She was taken to a hospital near to the track, which is situated around 25km north of downtown Barcelona, and stayed overnight as a precaution.—
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There are 11 private campsites situated across the property in a forest or meadow.—
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“Set up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set%20up. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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