The phrase "a setback in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an obstacle or difficulty encountered in a specific context, such as a project, plan, or process.
Example: "The team experienced a setback in a crucial phase of the project, which delayed the overall timeline."
Alternatives: "a hindrance in a" or "an obstacle in a".
They described the move as a setback in a state with some of the country's strongest laws protecting victims.
The decision appeared to be a setback in a case that in three years has grown only more mysterious.
Whites have suffered a setback in a category known as unintentional injuries, which includes the surge in prescription drug overdoses that has disproportionately affected whites since the 1990s.
SHARAPOVA IS DEFEATEDMaria Sharapova's Wimbledon preparations received a setback in a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Li Na of China in the Aegon Classic semifinals in Birmingham, England.
Correction: September 6 , 2002 Friday A picture caption in Circuits yesterday with an article about arcades where adult-rated computer games are available to children misidentified an 11-year-old shown reacting to a setback in a game.
Mr. Medvedev's trip to the island, which sits at the southern end of the Russian-controlled Kurile Islands chain, was seen as a diplomatic snub in Tokyo, coming just weeks after Japan seemed to suffer a setback in a territorial dispute with another neighbor, China.
In December, Maggie Daley underwent a round of radiation treatments for a tumor in her leg, a setback in an eight-year fight against metastatic breast cancer.
Piggyback Condo Faces a Legal Setback KENT SWIG, one of the biggest players in the condominium conversion market, has been dealt a setback in an imaginative plan to piggyback a new nine-story condominium on top of two prewar six-story tenements at Amsterdam Avenue and West 92nd and West 93rd Streets.
The loss of the 25-year-old playmaker will be seen as a setback in an otherwise smooth summer of transfers, but it is clear Spurs' hierarchy have drawn up an impressive list of targets to acquire with the Bale money and it is unlikely they will waste any time moving on after Villas-Boas lost out to his old mentor Jose Mourinho for Willian.
The program suffered a setback in September 1997 when a teen-age hunter shot and killed Mellba.
SETBACK FOR GARDNER Brett Gardner will not start swinging a bat for more than a week after sustaining a setback in his recovery from a right elbow injury.
