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.
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The Geraldine Johnson School, which was set up as a temporary shelter, was closed for the day.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Below-ground utilities were set up as well as the support systems and foundation.
—The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
As a result, many stayed in their houses and drowned or wound up in New Orleans’s Superdome, which had been set up as a shelter.
—Michael Oppenheimer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Variety reports that it is being set up as a new franchise and A-list actors have reached out about the project.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 24 May 2024
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Below-ground utilities were set up as well as the support systems and foundation.
—The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
As a result, many stayed in their houses and drowned or wound up in New Orleans’s Superdome, which had been set up as a shelter.
—Michael Oppenheimer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Variety reports that it is being set up as a new franchise and A-list actors have reached out about the project.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 24 May 2024
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“Set up as (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20up%20as%20%28something%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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