Yes, she can start her own business as a sole proprietorship even if she is your dependent.
As a business owner, she can file her own tax return to report her business income and expenses. She will indicate on her return that she is claimed as a dependent by someone else.
If and when she earns enough money from her business and her other jobs to pay for more than half of her support, she will cease to be your dependent.
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