start-up
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Behind the counter, a staff member presses the logo of your chosen drink on a touch screen, the machine starts up and the coffee comes out -- no grinding or filtering required.
From Barron's
We just couldn’t start up something and have it lose money for a decade, like it was Facebook.
Meanwhile, the company is expanding its chemical business with two new projects it expects to start up in 2027.
Seeing what they’ve been able to attain, and understanding how immigrants can start up businesses and restaurants here, speaks so much to what L.A. is really about.
From Los Angeles Times
In July, Shell started up its liquified natural gas project in Canada, expected to ship 14 million tonnes of LNG from British Columbia to Asia each year.
From Barron's
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