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 groups, set up in local areas, provided medical aid, counselling and set up community kitchens funded by local and diaspora donations to distribute food.
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Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 27 May 2025
According to a GoFundMe page set up in her name, Phelan was eventually diagnosed with a grade 4 malignant brain tumor that was categorized as a glioma, a growth of cells that starts in the brain or spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 May 2025
Camp Pike, circa 1918: Several hospital facilities were needed on the sprawling base set up in 1917 to train troops for World War I.
—Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
In 2015, two students in Wyoming created similar papier-mâché replicas to encourage greater sage-grouse to move their lek away from a loud oil-drilling rig that had been set up in the area.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 27 May 2025
According to a GoFundMe page set up in her name, Phelan was eventually diagnosed with a grade 4 malignant brain tumor that was categorized as a glioma, a growth of cells that starts in the brain or spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 May 2025
Camp Pike, circa 1918: Several hospital facilities were needed on the sprawling base set up in 1917 to train troops for World War I.
—Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
In 2015, two students in Wyoming created similar papier-mâché replicas to encourage greater sage-grouse to move their lek away from a loud oil-drilling rig that had been set up in the area.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 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 30 May. 2025.
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