private enterprise

noun

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Will private enterprises have to shoulder more responsibility for disaster planning and recovery? Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 Advertisement Advertisement The role of private enterprise is not new in driving technological innovation in nuclear fission. Time, 15 July 2025 World Liberty Financial has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in modern American history. Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Advertisement Harvard has been fighting Trump’s unconstitutional intrusion into the strategic decisions of a private enterprise and winning four times in a row in federal lawsuits against Trump. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for private enterprise

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of private enterprise was in 1789

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“Private enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20enterprise. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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