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start-up



VERB
initiate activity
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Its key short-term drivers include the development of the Central East Napuh field and the start-up of the North Segat Deep condensate separation plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

French start-up Pasqal, another developer of neutral-atom quantum systems, is slated to go public later this year.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

As a result, some homes feel forced to open illegally or face financial ruin from rents and other start-up costs, according to directors of providers I have spoken to.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

A power purchasing agreement with nuclear energy start-up Helion Energy was flagged as particularly worrisome, given the firm has yet to ever deliver any power.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It was something like a start-up inside a start-up, and in a field in which I had no professional experience to speak of.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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