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The phrase "only setback for" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a negative occurrence that is the sole or primary obstacle or hindrance in a situation or plan. Here is an example sentence: "The cancellation of our flight was the only setback for our otherwise perfect vacation."
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This was not the only setback for council housing.
Otherwise, the only setback for the Americans was a torn knee ligament by defender Ali Krieger, who seems likely to miss the Olympics should the United States qualify.
Acoustics were not the only setback for those opposed to relicensing the two plants in Buchanan, on the east bank of the Hudson River 35 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.
The news came after a woeful week for Mr. Brown, and it was not the only setback for Labour on Saturday: The left-leaning Guardian newspaper abandoned its support of Labour and officially endorsed the Liberal Democratic Party, a surprise vote of confidence for a party that until recently had been considered insignificant at best.
The only setback for Western Kentucky, which plays in Conference USA, was a three-point loss at Indiana.
Others will base their bets on the Aug. 29 Travers at Saratoga, the only setback for American Pharoah since he broke his maiden at Del Mar in September 2014.
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The lowered expectations for the soda tax were not the governor's only setback on the budget.
That was not Mr. Strempler's only setback.
Nor was that his only setback.
Nor did she think this was the only setback.
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