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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Range, in a countersuit filed in California state court on Monday evening, alleges CAA is maneuvering to undermine its growth by threatening to cancel equity for employees at the agency who want to work at the management start-up.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
In July, after deadly floods in Texas killed more than 130 people, Fox News aired an interview in which the chief executive of Rainmaker, a start-up aiming to seed clouds, was asked whether its experiments had spurred the floods.
—Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
Longshot, an aerospace technology start-up founded in 2021, is developing a launch system to shoot payloads, such as satellites, into Earth’s low orbit.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
Southeast Asia’s start-up scene is just getting started.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
In July, after deadly floods in Texas killed more than 130 people, Fox News aired an interview in which the chief executive of Rainmaker, a start-up aiming to seed clouds, was asked whether its experiments had spurred the floods.
—Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
Longshot, an aerospace technology start-up founded in 2021, is developing a launch system to shoot payloads, such as satellites, into Earth’s low orbit.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
Southeast Asia’s start-up scene is just getting started.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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