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.

Examples of set up as (something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At investment banks, such lucre may not be quite as abundant as when formal training programs were set up as a gateway into private partnerships. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 June 2024 The Geraldine Johnson School, which was set up as a temporary shelter, was closed for the day. —

Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024 Below-ground utilities were set up as well as the support systems and foundation. —

The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024 As a result, many stayed in their houses and drowned or wound up in New Orleans’s Superdome, which had been set up as a shelter. —

Michael Oppenheimer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020 See all Example Sentences for set up as (something)

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“Set up as (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20up%20as%20%28something%29. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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