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start-up



VERB
initiate activity
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He previously served as chief executive at the tech start-up Character.AI, which developed a chatbot platform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Certainly, many who live in Berlin love its rich artistic and cultural life, green spaces, lakes and children's playgrounds, vibrant start-up scene and hedonistic, anything-goes nightlife.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

"A start-up party needs more money than can be provided by membership fees alone, to build and sustain itself and be ready for government," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

New research suggests how sensitive investors in start-up companies are to changes in tax policy, and what this means for the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Walt had in fact visited Fairbanks during the start-up of the receiving station and had written some of the software crucial to its operation.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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