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Recent Examples of place setting
That evening, his mother left out a third place setting, then the next, and the next.
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Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Dating back to England in the 1800s, this old Christmas tradition consists of placing brightly colored tubes on every place setting.
—Jeanne Lyons Davis, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
At each place setting, there was a chic line-drawing portrait waiting for the guest.
—Mya Gelber, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
And shopping for ornaments to personalize each place setting.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Dating back to England in the 1800s, this old Christmas tradition consists of placing brightly colored tubes on every place setting.
—Jeanne Lyons Davis, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
At each place setting, there was a chic line-drawing portrait waiting for the guest.
—Mya Gelber, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
And shopping for ornaments to personalize each place setting.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for place setting
Noun
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But North of North draws strength from the specificity of its unusual-for-TV setting.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Instead, the book’s epilogue jumps ahead to 2195 and reveals that the main narrative of the novel is a transcription of audio tapes discovered long after the fall of Gilead that are being presented in an academic setting.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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However, there's no denying the setup for this reveal in the various trailers released so far.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Greg’s just not that interesting a villain, and whatever Season 3 was doing with him didn’t satisfactorily pay off or, at worst, felt like an extended setup for a Season 4.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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With the score 5-3, the tying runs were on base in the eighth inning as Muncy was rummaging around the bat rack for his old one — one that’s silver, familiar and swung his season back on track.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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The cuffs of the long-sleeve dress and the hemline also included silver, glittering elements for a contemporary spin on formalwear.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Place setting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/place%20setting. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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