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place setting

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Recent Examples of place setting Then feathers started showing up in places where there were no birds or, at an outdoor dinner, landing on her place setting and no one else’s. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026 Inside the venue, each place setting was adorned in part by one of the nearly 200 cake pops sized, measured and baked by organizing committee member Shaikh, who not only committed the week prior to bake for the ball, but also enjoyed developing a sisterhood with the rest of the organizers. — Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026 Hot chocolate candy cane sticks can be made days or weeks beforehand, and left at each place setting for a fun touch. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025 Add Spode Christmas bread and butter plates to each place setting. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for place setting

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The show's simple premise paired celebrity interviews with the deliberately unglamorous setting of a fast-food chicken restaurant.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
The spa Perhaps the most relaxing setting for a spa on this stretch of the Amalfi Coast, the wellness centre here sits in a 19th-century greenhouse surrounded by more of those olive groves and orange trees.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

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If your camping setup could use a refresh, REI’s Labor Day Sale is an excellent place to start, with impressive discounts on apparel and gear from top brands including The North Face, Hoka, Keen, Brooks, Vuori, Yeti, and more, up to 50 percent off.

— Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026
That setup produced an average round-trip processing time of 68 milliseconds.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

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Precious metals like gold and silver can quickly become discolored by skin care and styling products, and pearls are also extremely sensitive to them.

— Larissa Ratschkowski, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2026
Mirroring the look of King’s footwear, Osaka sported a metallic silver pleated top with a mock neckline and no sleeves.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2026

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