1
: one that sets
2
: a large bird dog (such as an Irish setter) of a type trained to point on finding game
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Third, a great goal setter will only choose goals that can be achieved with a roadmap!
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Jess Cording, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The park boasts more than 100 problems, ranging in difficulty from VB to V10+, which will be reset twice a year by professional setters.
—Ryleigh Norgrove, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2024
This has all the ingredients for an agenda setter: a story rooted firmly in the industry that will have execs and creatives from the UK to Turkey debating what happened behind closed doors.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
Tyler Peluso, a stellar setter, was the only senior starter and Winter Park’s junior varsity was undefeated.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jess Cording, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The park boasts more than 100 problems, ranging in difficulty from VB to V10+, which will be reset twice a year by professional setters.
—Ryleigh Norgrove, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2024
This has all the ingredients for an agenda setter: a story rooted firmly in the industry that will have execs and creatives from the UK to Turkey debating what happened behind closed doors.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
Tyler Peluso, a stellar setter, was the only senior starter and Winter Park’s junior varsity was undefeated.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Setter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/setter. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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setter
noun
set·ter
ˈset-ər 
1
: someone or something that sets
2
: a large long-coated dog (as an Irish setter) used in hunting birds that is trained to point on finding game
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