as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money
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Recent Examples of set by
That is the date set by the election-law reforms for the resolution of all legal disputes.
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Within our current legal system, those limits are set by Congress.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
The previous record was set by Anthem in 2015 when hackers compromised data from 78.8 million patients.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Struggling to meet production targets for batteries set by the Army Signal Corps, Signal Battery Co., which had a factory at 4574 N. Port Washington Road, put together a plan at the end of 1944 to have POWs assemble batteries at the National Guard hangar at Mitchell Field airport.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Within our current legal system, those limits are set by Congress.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
The previous record was set by Anthem in 2015 when hackers compromised data from 78.8 million patients.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Struggling to meet production targets for batteries set by the Army Signal Corps, Signal Battery Co., which had a factory at 4574 N. Port Washington Road, put together a plan at the end of 1944 to have POWs assemble batteries at the National Guard hangar at Mitchell Field airport.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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The new data center was supposed to have been dedicated toward Meta’s new and ongoing artificial intelligence projects.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fiscal 2024 just ended with the government running a budget deficit in excess of $1.8 trillion, including more than $1.1 trillion dedicated solely to paying financing costs on the $36 trillion U.S. debt.Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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After spending the rest of 2017 touring the world behind Joanne (including a headlining slot at Coachella, swooping in to replace a pregnant Beyoncé atop the bill), Gaga devoted 2018 to her first Hollywood starring role, in Bradley Cooper’s remake of A Star is Born.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Featuring the longtime band lineup of singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Janick Gers and Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden devoted their two-hour set consisting mostly of music from the 2021 record Senjutsu and the 1986 album Somewhere in Time.David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Projects save automatically, and even after downloading multiple projects, the total install size remained around 4GB, a fraction of the 512GB microSD in my Switch.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Set by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set%20by. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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