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start-up



VERB
initiate activity
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After leaving ESPN, Rasmussen continued to serve as a consultant to sports rights holders and media companies and also maintained his own start-up ventures in sports.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

PayPal shares climbed in premarket trade on reports that payments start-up Stripe and private equity group Advent International jointly offered to buy the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

More recently he created Prometheus, an artificial intelligence company which last month invested £330m in a British AI start-up.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Each bride receives a dowry of 100,000 naira, while a further 100,000 naira is provided as start-up capital to encourage small-scale entrepreneurship and help the couple achieve financial self-reliance after marriage.

From BBC Aug. 9, 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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