sets down

present tense third-person singular of set down
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as in sits
to cause to sit down set the toddler down in her seat

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as in considers
to think of in a particular way early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck

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  • Accessible by ferry from Port Aransas, which sits just across the shipping channel, this 21-mile-long island offers nothing more than pristine Gulf Coast wilderness, and keen-eyed travelers often stumble upon sand dollars, lightning whelks, angel wings, and conchs.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The death toll in last month's attack at a German Christmas market now sits at six after a woman was unable to recover from her injuries.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • The Philippines considers karaoke a national pastime, and the people around you are constantly crooning into their Magic Sing microphones or portable karaoke machines.
    Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Scott, who considers Stiller both his boss and a friend, justified the show’s painstaking development process as necessary for quality control.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • Nissan's Zero Gravity seats up front make the area a pleasant place to spend a day.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The Indianapolis restaurant, which seats about 300 people and has private dining rooms for meetings, operates seven days a week.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • Hughes says the study puts the political attention on this group into perspective.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This model has the ability to bring great value to patients and puts more accountability on healthcare providers to deliver valuable outcomes more than ever before.
    Zameer Rizvi, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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