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as in aggressive
having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal
the company is claiming that there will be huge financial rewards for enterprising sales representatives
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as in adventurous
inclined or willing to take risks
enterprising people of vision were responsible for the boom in technological industries
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Recent Examples of enterprising
Then over time, a few enterprising communities and entrepreneurs looked for ways to turn disused asylums into something productive, Rondinone said, something that could bring jobs and revenue back once again.
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Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
In California, some enterprising individuals put monkeys on display, charging for a look at their antics.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2025
Some enterprising software developers are hanging out a shingle offering their services as a cleanup specialist.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Mary’s enterprising sister Edith (Laura Carmichael) devises a plan to invite Coward, in whose show their friend Guy Dexter (Dominic West), now secretly in a relationship with their former servant Thomas (Robert James-Collier), is appearing.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
In California, some enterprising individuals put monkeys on display, charging for a look at their antics.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2025
Some enterprising software developers are hanging out a shingle offering their services as a cleanup specialist.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Mary’s enterprising sister Edith (Laura Carmichael) devises a plan to invite Coward, in whose show their friend Guy Dexter (Dominic West), now secretly in a relationship with their former servant Thomas (Robert James-Collier), is appearing.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enterprising
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In the meantime, an unstable government could become more rather than less aggressive, not least to keep younger hard-liners from rebelling.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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Wiener helped push two new California laws last year — the No Secret Police Act and the No Vigilantes Act — in the wake of intense and aggressive immigration enforcement by masked ICE and other federal agents in California and around the country.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Known for combining high fashion with streetwear, Bad Bunny has a reputation for adventurous and subversive style.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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The run falls about 1,200 vertical feet below a slow, three-person lift that ferries expert skiers to some of Mammoth’s most adventurous terrain.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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You’re not really allowed to be ambitious.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Stolz is halfway through his ambitious four-event program in Milan with two gold medals already.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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His daring, sometimes reckless style had caught up to him.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Five minutes can be an eternity in montage time, but the movie’s lengthy introduction is a daring announcement of historical scope.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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Kam and O'Shea exceeded all expectations with a performance characterized by spectacular lifts and fierce musicality.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
8 Feb. 2026
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Then, in the middle of a fierce snowstorm, a skinny little girl and her dog show up at the resort.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Enterprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enterprising. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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