set up as (something)
phrasal verb
set up as (something); setting up as (something); sets up as (something)
: to start one's own business
She set up as a wedding planner.
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The exhaust is set up as a 24-into-1 on each side, and each of its six 8-cylinder banks has its own ignition and Mikuni carburetor.
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New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety The film is already set up as a three-way Taiwan-France-Japan co-production, with producers including Ding Ningyuan, previously an executive with the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF) and a former producer at Ning Hao’s Dirty Monkeys Studios, and Zhao Jin.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
It is set up as a prequel to the TV show and includes younger versions of Winona Ryder’s Joyce, Sean Astin’s late Bob Newby and David Harbour’s Hopper.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
But not every clerk's office is set up as an early voting location although at clerk's offices voters can request an absentee ballot and return it there at the same time.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
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New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety The film is already set up as a three-way Taiwan-France-Japan co-production, with producers including Ding Ningyuan, previously an executive with the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF) and a former producer at Ning Hao’s Dirty Monkeys Studios, and Zhao Jin.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
It is set up as a prequel to the TV show and includes younger versions of Winona Ryder’s Joyce, Sean Astin’s late Bob Newby and David Harbour’s Hopper.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
But not every clerk's office is set up as an early voting location although at clerk's offices voters can request an absentee ballot and return it there at the same time.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
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