Kikkoman's move into America in the 1950s set the template for the company's foreign expansion.

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Touch Press's app The Elements set the template by bringing the periodic table of elements to life.

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Another area of controversy is the failure of the Bill to set a template for electricity after 2020.

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Going back further, the 1976 Super Bowl featured a Xerox ad that set a template for future insouciance and cleverness.

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With his debut album, 1989's West Textures, Keen set a template that he would stick to throughout his career: a blend of acoustic folk balladry and raucous barroom country.

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How U.S. political leaders and the Supreme Court act in coming months could set the template for years on a contentious topic that shows no sign of cooling.

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Broke into entertainment as a TV director for Universal, directed his first movie, Duel, in 1971, but it only reached TV screens in the U.S. His third film, Jaws (1975), set the template for the modern blockbuster.

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How it works is you just set up a name for your event, add details, pick a template theme you like, put in a logo, add a location and then set your ticket prices, start times, end times and even pricing tiers.

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