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Idioms and Phrases

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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She transitioned within the Navy in 2021 under a policy set by the Biden administration.

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The justices on Tuesday granted an appeal from President Trump’s lawyers and set aside orders for now from judges who had blocked the new policy set by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Despite efforts to maintain operations manually, the attack damaged key data, making it impossible to meet reporting deadlines set by lenders.

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Her second album Teenage Dream, which doubled down on Perry's staple cheeky, sexualised girl-next-door image, scored five Billboard number one singles to match a record set by Michael Jackson.

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Event organisers said more than 1.1 million applications had been received, smashing the previous record of 840,318 set by last year's ballot.

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