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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But then, on Christmas Eve, Lilium revealed in a statement on its website that a holiday miracle had taken place: a consortium of investors had set up as the Mobile Uplift Corporation to acquire Lilium in order to reboot the company.
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Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
There are several important new characters, notably Shadow, a red-striped black hedgehog, created from a secret government program, who is set up as Sonic’s revenge-seeking rival.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Countries also agreed on the adoption of Article 6, creating markets to trade carbon pollution rights, an idea that was set up as part of the Paris Agreement to help nations work together to reduce climate-causing pollution.
—Seth Borenstein, Sibi Arasu, TIME, 24 Nov. 2024
Countries also agreed on the adoption of Article 6, creating markets to trade carbon pollution rights, an idea that was set up as part of the 2015 Paris agreement to help nations work together to reduce climate-causing pollution.
—Graham Underwood, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
There are several important new characters, notably Shadow, a red-striped black hedgehog, created from a secret government program, who is set up as Sonic’s revenge-seeking rival.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Countries also agreed on the adoption of Article 6, creating markets to trade carbon pollution rights, an idea that was set up as part of the Paris Agreement to help nations work together to reduce climate-causing pollution.
—Seth Borenstein, Sibi Arasu, TIME, 24 Nov. 2024
Countries also agreed on the adoption of Article 6, creating markets to trade carbon pollution rights, an idea that was set up as part of the 2015 Paris agreement to help nations work together to reduce climate-causing pollution.
—Graham Underwood, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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