set up as (something)
phrasal verb
set up as (something); setting up as (something); sets up as (something)
: to start one's own business
She set up as a wedding planner.
Examples of set up as (something) in a Sentence
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Variety reports that it is being set up as a new franchise and A-list actors have reached out about the project.
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Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 24 May 2024
The first session, which will be set up as an open house, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the County Operations Center, 5520 Overland Ave.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Former Village Roadshow International chairman and CEO Bruce Berman was set up as the new company’s president, co-chairman and board member.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 May 2024
The floor is now set up as a standalone one-bedroom, one-bathroom suite with a living room, a bar, and a gym.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
In 1717, having alarmed his Puritan father with talk of a life on the seas, 12-year-old Franklin is set up as an apprentice to his elder brother, James, a printer.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Called the Maryland Community Investment Corporation, it would be set up as a Community Development Entity, which can apply for tax credits that can be used to subsidize 15% to 20% of commercial and mixed-use development projects, according to a housing policy brief from the governor’s office.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
Jenny Wyrick, a spokesperson for the Cherry Bombs, said the fundraiser is set up as a 50/50 raffle, and said the group raised nearly $800 as of Wednesday morning.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
Directed, written and edited by Majeed and Mishara, with additional editing by Navin Harrilal, the film was initially set up as a documentary project by Elevation co-president Noah Segal, with Paramount boarding early on.
—Jennie Punter, Variety, 3 May 2024
Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 24 May 2024
The first session, which will be set up as an open house, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the County Operations Center, 5520 Overland Ave.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Former Village Roadshow International chairman and CEO Bruce Berman was set up as the new company’s president, co-chairman and board member.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 May 2024
The floor is now set up as a standalone one-bedroom, one-bathroom suite with a living room, a bar, and a gym.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
In 1717, having alarmed his Puritan father with talk of a life on the seas, 12-year-old Franklin is set up as an apprentice to his elder brother, James, a printer.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Called the Maryland Community Investment Corporation, it would be set up as a Community Development Entity, which can apply for tax credits that can be used to subsidize 15% to 20% of commercial and mixed-use development projects, according to a housing policy brief from the governor’s office.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
Jenny Wyrick, a spokesperson for the Cherry Bombs, said the fundraiser is set up as a 50/50 raffle, and said the group raised nearly $800 as of Wednesday morning.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
Directed, written and edited by Majeed and Mishara, with additional editing by Navin Harrilal, the film was initially set up as a documentary project by Elevation co-president Noah Segal, with Paramount boarding early on.
—Jennie Punter, Variety, 3 May 2024
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