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
Examples of start-up in a Sentence
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The founder of one of Britain’s most exciting start-ups certainly doesn’t buy the Americans-are-workaholics-Europeans-are-lazy theory for why the U.S. outperforms Europe.
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Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 May 2024
Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, has narrowed its start-up losses and ended the latest financial quarter with 34 million paying subscribers.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Small nonprofits, big start-up costs to get paid by Medicaid
Tiffany Sickler runs Koinonia Family Services, which offers California foster children mental health and other types of care, and even helped a patient pay off parking tickets.
—Angela Hart, NPR, 14 May 2024
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes invested in Sila Nanotechnologies, a Silicon Valley start-up, in 2019.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2024
Originally from Egypt, Hana lived in New Jersey and operated IS EG Halal, a start-up that soon became the sole company to certify halal products imported to Egypt, despite Hana having no previous experience in the halal industry.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 May 2024
The phases of this cycle include but are not necessarily in this order - start-up, acceleration, tornado, deceleration, avalanche, and consolidation.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
The church’s missionaries have traveled the world, growing their faith from a fledgling start-up in upstate New York to a global religion that brings in billions of dollars in revenue.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Previous guest speakers have included Dave Grohl, U.S. president Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Yeoh and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, while Twitter, Foursquare and Airbnb are among the tech start-ups that SXSW famously helped launch.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 8 May 2024
Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 May 2024
Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, has narrowed its start-up losses and ended the latest financial quarter with 34 million paying subscribers.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Small nonprofits, big start-up costs to get paid by Medicaid
Tiffany Sickler runs Koinonia Family Services, which offers California foster children mental health and other types of care, and even helped a patient pay off parking tickets.
—Angela Hart, NPR, 14 May 2024
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes invested in Sila Nanotechnologies, a Silicon Valley start-up, in 2019.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2024
Originally from Egypt, Hana lived in New Jersey and operated IS EG Halal, a start-up that soon became the sole company to certify halal products imported to Egypt, despite Hana having no previous experience in the halal industry.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 May 2024
The phases of this cycle include but are not necessarily in this order - start-up, acceleration, tornado, deceleration, avalanche, and consolidation.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
The church’s missionaries have traveled the world, growing their faith from a fledgling start-up in upstate New York to a global religion that brings in billions of dollars in revenue.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Previous guest speakers have included Dave Grohl, U.S. president Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Yeoh and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, while Twitter, Foursquare and Airbnb are among the tech start-ups that SXSW famously helped launch.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 8 May 2024
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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