How to Use set up in (something) in a Sentence

set up in (something)

phrasal verb
Definition of set up in (something)next
  • In fact, the premise is set up in the first 10 minutes of episode one.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2023
  • After the sale, GAC will be the sole owner of the unit, which was set up in 2012.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • His cell phone was set up in the sand, facing the trio and recording what was to come.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In the field, the gear could be set up in a tent, packed up and moved at a moment’s notice.
    — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The stand is prepared for crowds, with a large, white tent set up in front to shield people from the sun.
    — Isabella Volmert, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
  • Pair these stakes with some of the best backpacking tents, and you’ll be set up in no time.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • One of the most important things to set up in camp is a wash station.
    — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Cartel’s not going to come up here and set up in your town.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And there were chairs set up in a circle, like an AA meeting.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • His sale was made as part of a trading plan set up in advance.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • This one can sleep up to six and can be set up in as little as 15 minutes.
    — Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Right now, Inkle serves businesses based all over the world but looking to set up in the US.
    — David Prosser, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The researchers describe the set up in a paper in Nature.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Platonov’s novel was set up in type, but, at the last minute, the publisher scuttled the project.
    — Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Neuweg hopes to work with the city over the next several days and have the plaza and big screen set up in time for Friday’s games.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
  • Uniformed doctors dart in and out of brick-walled rooms, and tents have been set up in the courtyard to deal with triage.
    — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2024
  • It was set up in 1999, two years after the princess' death following a car crash in Paris.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The blooms were trucked in trucks from the Netherlands and set up in planters to decorate the Vatican square.
    — Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Wunder Garten will have a big screen set up in the Noma beer garden.
    — Analis Bailey, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This fuss-free four-person tent can be set up in less than 10 minutes.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 June 2024
  • Some of the mattresses are delivered and set up in your home by movers.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Wade through clear blue waters to a table set up in middle of the shallow sea.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The pen was set up in front of the dining table, and the room became littered with toys and training pads and food bowls.
    — Jim Cosgrove, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • One of my neighbors called me and told me four of them had a tent set up in the alley behind her backyard.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Pup tents were set up in the center; pop-up tents housing food and medic stations ringed the perimeter.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
  • Pro tip: Bring folding chairs, arrive early and set up in a shady spot.
    — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 25 July 2024
  • So many of your stores are set up in Black communities.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 27 July 2023
  • Large tents were set up in the back parking lot and guests enjoyed a picnic lunch, live music, games and more.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The attack and the subsequent killing were captured live on webcams that have been set up in the park to follow the bears all summer.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Members of the media were watching the debate and filing their stories from a press pen set up in the cafeteria.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024

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