start-up
noun
variants
or startup
often attributive
1
: the act or an instance of setting in operation or motion
2
: a fledgling business enterprise
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Dozens of start-ups are working on a new generation of smaller reactors meant to be cheaper than the hulking plants of old.
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Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
The Swiss start-up FinalSpark is one of the pioneers in this field.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
The density, which had vanished, is coming back because of start-ups that are looking for cheap real estate.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Sequoia Capital is an investor in Israeli tech start-up Kela, which is developing AI for the Israeli military.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
The Swiss start-up FinalSpark is one of the pioneers in this field.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
The density, which had vanished, is coming back because of start-ups that are looking for cheap real estate.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Sequoia Capital is an investor in Israeli tech start-up Kela, which is developing AI for the Israeli military.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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