set up in (something)
phrasal verb
set up in (something); setting up in (something); sets up in (something)
: to start one's own business
He set up in business after finishing college.
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The livestream was set up in 2024 through a collaboration between scientists from California Polytechnic State University, Central Coast Snake Services, and Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, according to USA Today.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 16 May 2025
The pic rounds out the plot set up in the previous film, with Hunt now in possession of the key necessary to defeat the Entity.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 May 2025
Brown had set up in the TD Garden backcourt and got a running start as White’s pass met him just outside the 3-point arc.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
The company also will not renew a five-year commitment for a racial equity center set up in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 16 May 2025
The pic rounds out the plot set up in the previous film, with Hunt now in possession of the key necessary to defeat the Entity.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 May 2025
Brown had set up in the TD Garden backcourt and got a running start as White’s pass met him just outside the 3-point arc.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
The company also will not renew a five-year commitment for a racial equity center set up in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Set up in (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20up%20in%20%28something%29. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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