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Example sentences for: setup

How can you use “setup” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Individual performances are said to be inspired; the card hall settings are said to be gritty; the dialogue is said to be pleasingly peppered with poker jargon--but the film is deemed "unable to do justice to its potential" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Objections: a sluggish plot and a predictable setup.
I am thinking of a setup like the one in
The campaign paid a few thousand dollars for the initial setup fee and $2,000 per tailored-state setup.
It's the classic Hare setup, a collision between two people who see life differently but are nonetheless connected: a successful Thatcher-era businessman and his former mistress, a schoolteacher in London's East End.
In Aristotle's case, the company charges an initial setup fee plus 10 percent of the contributions, a percentage that's also split with credit-card issuers and middlemen who interact with the banks, such as CyberCash.