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Examples of place setting in a Sentence
Please lay another place setting for our guest.
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That evening, his mother left out a third place setting, then the next, and the next.
—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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First Known Use
1944, in the meaning defined above
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“Place setting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/place%20setting. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
place setting
noun
: a set of dishes and silverware for one person
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