start-up
noun
variants
or startup
often attributive
1
: the act or an instance of setting in operation or motion
2
: a fledgling business enterprise
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The filing also discusses the fire incident at PT-FI's new smelter in Indonesia, which has temporarily suspended smelter start-up operations.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
It is poised once more to provide capital, especially for promising start-ups, just like Paypal, Uber, and Facebook did at the birth of the Internet age.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In 1995, according to the Post, Musk was admitted to graduate school at Stanford but didn’t enroll in classes, instead working on an online services start-up that would eventually be known as Zip2.
—Tim Marchman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
But 40 Wall also attracted plenty of small businesses and start-ups that were drawn to lower Manhattan by its comparatively low rents.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
It is poised once more to provide capital, especially for promising start-ups, just like Paypal, Uber, and Facebook did at the birth of the Internet age.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In 1995, according to the Post, Musk was admitted to graduate school at Stanford but didn’t enroll in classes, instead working on an online services start-up that would eventually be known as Zip2.
—Tim Marchman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
But 40 Wall also attracted plenty of small businesses and start-ups that were drawn to lower Manhattan by its comparatively low rents.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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