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The phrase "a setup for a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation or arrangement that is intended to lead to a particular outcome or event.
Example: "The unexpected twist in the story was a setup for a thrilling climax that kept readers on the edge of their seats."
Alternatives: "a preparation for a" or "a framework for a".
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ANATOMICALLY correct socks sound like a setup for a joke.
"It's a setup for a problem for kids".
This was the opposite of a setup for a joke.
Downstage on the right side stood a setup for a band.
The second match at home, two weeks later, was a setup for a letdown.
Ms. Pirro called a one-person office "a setup for a problem".
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It's a setup for an argument about setting the air-conditioner, even with separate fan adjustments on each side of the car.
Another aspect of the executive order that is a setup for an insurance con is its expanded definition of "temporary" plans.
The saucy song is a setup for an onstage barbecue, for which Sir Les, who loudly suffers from diarrhea — "the Aztec two-step," as he calls it — coaxes two sous-chefs from the audience.
As for Cornelia, she indulges in such an excess of lap-sitting, leg-draping and hand-holding that one suspects it's just a setup for an inevitable plot complication: "People stared at us," Victor frets, "probably mistaking us for some May-December couple".
A setup for an integrated supercritical CO2 extraction of natural compounds with posterior impregnation on solid matrices (polycaprolactone, PCL) is developed and presented here.
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