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sets

/sɛts/ noun A2
  1. Set theory. (informal)
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I might, it is true, have reversed my boots, as I have done on similar occasions, but the sight of three sets of tracks in one direction would certainly have suggested a deception.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 12 · C1
Do you think it likely the conqueror will place on me two sets of panniers?” “No,” rejoined the Shepherd.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 60 · B2
Keep to the West, where the sun sets, and you cannot fail to find her.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 77 · B2
A blood-red orange, sets again.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 12 · C1

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