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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For the opening stretch of the Max medical drama’s first season, she’s set up as a light heel who’s begging to be knocked down a peg.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Alternatively, the money can be set up as a loan, to be repaid to the parent if the house is sold or in the event of a divorce.
—Julia Rodgers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The studio is also working on a New York-set movie, which is being set up as a co-production between the U.S., Japan and Taiwan, as well as a rare co-production between Japan and Africa.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Firefly Aerospace The mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, which was set up as a public-private partnership between the agency and more than a dozen U.S. companies to deliver NASA science experiments, technology and other cargo to the moon.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Alternatively, the money can be set up as a loan, to be repaid to the parent if the house is sold or in the event of a divorce.
—Julia Rodgers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The studio is also working on a New York-set movie, which is being set up as a co-production between the U.S., Japan and Taiwan, as well as a rare co-production between Japan and Africa.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Firefly Aerospace The mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, which was set up as a public-private partnership between the agency and more than a dozen U.S. companies to deliver NASA science experiments, technology and other cargo to the moon.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for set up as (something)
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