Placing
Setting up and placing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting up" instead a noun "Placing".
Setting up
Placing and setting up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Placing" instead a noun phrase "Setting up".
Both terms in one sentence
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Not only are there extensive cutscenes setting up each fight and placing it, but every single character's fights, and their outcomes, are a canonical part of the overarching story.
Source: Story-to-Gameplay Ratio -
The opening scene of the Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy episode "They Call Him Mister Ed" had Edd setting up a massive cardboard maze and placing Chunky Puffs (Ed's favorite cereal) at the exit.
Source: Dungeon Bypass - Setting up the game involves laboriously placing marbles on the board.
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