Setbacks

Word SETBACKS
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Definitions and meanings of "Setbacks"

What do we mean by setbacks?

An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)

The required distance between a structure and a road.

A step-like recession in a wall.

An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.

(possibly obsolete) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

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The word "setbacks" in example sentences

"While the second quarter has delivered several challenges, we believe these short term setbacks will have little impact on our ability to organically grow our coal production and brokerage business this year," continued CEO Mr. Li.

Markey cited what he called the setbacks of not requiring DTV tuners in sets earlier than the government did, and that it was "regrettable" that the FCC did not establish a multicast-must carry "opportunity" for broadcasters airing "enhanced local programming of importance to the local community." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even Obama may be looking for lessons in Reagan's rebound from midterm setbacks in 1982 and his re-election in 1984: The president carried Lou Cannon's President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime with him to his recent vacation in Hawaii. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But history teaches us that in well-ordered economies, such events generally prove to be no more than short-term setbacks. ❋ Alan S. Blinder (2011)

NEW YORK -- The city's embattled schools chancellor resigned Thursday after three contentious months on the job, the latest in a series of third-term setbacks for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a defeat of his bid to hire a business-minded outsider like himself for a top job. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

The bargain that both parties have struck with the CBO is that they'll accept the short-term setbacks the agency imposes on them because, in the long run, it's better for the system to have someone keeping score. ❋ Ezra Klein (2011)

When Obama departed for Asia soon after the Nov. 2 elections, a group of senior advisers stayed behind to study presidential rebounds following midterm setbacks and draw conclusions. ❋ Scott Wilson (2010)

I do support the rules that require long setbacks from the river ... both for aesthetics and protection of the banks. ❋ John Merwin (2008)

But this delusion makes short-term setbacks endurable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Wall Street example makes it clear that long-term setbacks could occur again now. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While this political environment appears dire and presents short-term setbacks for Republicans, I believe that it also provides us with a real opportunity for 2010. ❋ Peter Schorsch (2009)

Senator John Cornyn posted directly on Red State:While this political environment appears dire and presents short-term setbacks for Republicans, I believe that it also provides us with a real opportunity for 2010. ❋ Peter Schorsch (2009)

UPDEGRAVE: Sure, so early career predominantly in stocks, you're not so much worried about short-term setbacks in the market. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then as now, she warned against taking "hasty action" that could result in setbacks, clearly signalling that she was not going out on a limb for the constitution. ❋ Richard (2006)

The twin setbacks added to growing signs that the Republican Party's typically lock-step discipline is cracking under the weight of Bush's plummeting approval ratings, Tuesday's electoral defeats and the growing discontent of the American electorate. ❋ Unknown (2005)

All governments experience midterm setbacks at the polls. ❋ Valleys Mam (2007)

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