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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The Venetian designer worked with fellow Venetian start-up Rehub on a range of table lamps called Upglas for a company called Astep.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 June 2025
But this is still a start-up team in a start-up competition backed by immense wealth.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The dining room crackles with the hopeful, earnest energy of a start-up company, ripe with possibility.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
In the span of a decade, Tesla rose from a start-up to an auto giant worth more than Ford, Toyota, and GM combined—despite selling just a fraction of the cars its rivals did.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 June 2025
But this is still a start-up team in a start-up competition backed by immense wealth.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The dining room crackles with the hopeful, earnest energy of a start-up company, ripe with possibility.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
In the span of a decade, Tesla rose from a start-up to an auto giant worth more than Ford, Toyota, and GM combined—despite selling just a fraction of the cars its rivals did.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for start-up
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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