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set forward
Idioms and Phrases
Also, set ahead . Turn a clock to a later time, as in For daylight-saving time we set the clocks forward . [1600s]Example Sentences
The president has set forward a much larger goal: forgiving debt for nearly 30 million borrowers as soon as this fall.
The Trinity Test set forward the first nuclear arms race, nearly leading to armageddon at the height of the Cold War.
“If everyone in that hearing operates from the assumption that the facts set forward are true, then everyone should be concerned,” Sanguedolce said.
Still, there are some reasons to think that the path the Fed set forward in its projections could play out.
Aliyev said the two former Soviet republics, which fought their last major war in 2020, could reach an agreement quickly if Armenia accepted the principles his country had set forward.
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