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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This game was set up in 2017 when Lane Kiffin was in his first season as Florida Atlantic coach. Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025 So this was all set up in a very straightforward way. ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025 This year, a massive display of flowers was set up in the Centro Comercial Santafé nearly a month before the festival even began, an exemplary highlight among many must-see sights around the city. Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 If quantum mechanics describes reality, then reality itself must be fundamentally set up in such a way that at times, for certain objects, certain properties cannot exist. Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for set up in (something)

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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 30 Aug. 2025.

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