1
as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises
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2
as in ambition
readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity
the enterprise shown by the early developers and promoters of personal computers
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3
as in venture
a risky undertaking
the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out
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Recent Examples of enterprise
Certainly, Kirk and Buckley, for instance, had different roles in this broad enterprise, and Buckley was a witty, entertaining public presence, but that doesn’t in any way suggest a lack of depth or seriousness of purpose.
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The Editors, National Review, 2 June 2025
But, if things go as Zheng plans, the café could one day be ground zero of a sprawling matcha enterprise.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 May 2025
This shows a criminal enterprise with Combs in control.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Phoenician Scheme stars del Toro as fictional industrialist Zsa-zsa Korda, who embarks on a new enterprise with his daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton) and tutor Bjørn (Cera).
—Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 30 May 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 2 June 2025
But, if things go as Zheng plans, the café could one day be ground zero of a sprawling matcha enterprise.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 May 2025
This shows a criminal enterprise with Combs in control.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Phoenician Scheme stars del Toro as fictional industrialist Zsa-zsa Korda, who embarks on a new enterprise with his daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton) and tutor Bjørn (Cera).
—Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enterprise
Noun
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In the earnings call earlier this month, Zimmerman said the company was going through a corporate restructuring and had eliminated multiple senior executive positions.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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Cruise ships Many cruise companies have their own meteorologists and regularly advise passengers on board of weather conditions.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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That evolution mirrors trends seen in other fragile states where the rule of law has eroded — but with one key difference: Venezuela’s criminal strategy is explicitly transnational, with ambitions that extend far beyond its borders.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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So there is this constant tension within him between human-ness and party-ness, where on the one hand Xi Zhongxun was someone with his own views, his own ambitions, and his own emotions.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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In a venture landscape where investors are chasing AI, Raanan continues to bet on winning security upstarts.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Slated for release in theaters on October 17, Good Fortune introduces Reeves as Gabriel, a well-meaning but rather inept angel who decides to intervene in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Rogen).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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Both firms exhibit extreme volatility in bear markets, but Palantir's recovery has been more substantial, possibly due to its improving profitability and operational metrics.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Led by search firms Grace Blue and Ibison, the process is moving quickly, with the BBC appearing keen to have a name in place after Moore left the building last week.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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The latter is a reference to a global initiative launched by Republican President George W. Bush in 2003 that is credited to date with saving 26 million lives of people living with AIDS and and allowing nearly 8 million babies to be born with HIV infection.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
28 May 2025
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This initiative builds on the core insights from our series, which first explored how corporate DEI efforts faltered under the weight of overpromising and underdelivering, implicating marketing strategy in exposing that gap.—
Gillian Oakenfull,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The gamble on Cava is Shaich’s most lucrative to date.—
Jemima McEvoy,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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In Pascal’s case, the Emmy campaign represents either an audacious strategy or a significant gamble.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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Once near the bases, the roofs of the mobile houses were remotely opened, and the drones deployed to launch their strikes.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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It's tucked in the basement of a house in the residential area of Nishiazabu.—
Bella Stoddart,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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His college admissions have been the subject of speculation since the Trump administration's Tuesday, May 27, decision to slash all remaining federal funding to the Ivy League institution.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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But the appeals court, Alito said, deferred to school officials’ speculation about the effects of the T-shirt, even though there were no actual disruptions, and accepted the administrator’s conclusion that the shirt’s messaged demeaned others’ personal identity.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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“Enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enterprise. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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