as in businessman
a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
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Recent Examples of entrepreneur
The meeting in June was a career highlight for the fashion entrepreneur who was at Windsor Castle to celebrate being one of 197 recipients of the King’s Award for Enterprise, one of the highest accolades for British businesses.
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Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
For Black entrepreneurs especially, this downturn is more than just business as usual.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of The Diary of a CEO podcast, recently shared a story of a father and son who each led companies in the same industry.
—Mike Ott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Brees, an entrepreneur who still has endorsements with major brands like Verizon, has steadily built out his investment portfolio since retiring in 2021.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
For Black entrepreneurs especially, this downturn is more than just business as usual.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of The Diary of a CEO podcast, recently shared a story of a father and son who each led companies in the same industry.
—Mike Ott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Brees, an entrepreneur who still has endorsements with major brands like Verizon, has steadily built out his investment portfolio since retiring in 2021.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
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Alvarez, arguably the sport’s biggest star, is in the middle of four-bout, $400 million deal with Saudi businessman Turki Alalshikh.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Perplexity has submitted a bid for an acquisition, as has businessman Frank McCourt's Project Liberty internet advocacy group, CNBC reported in January.—
Samantha Subin,Jordan Novet,Chris Eudaily,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, demand from Latin America, for example, has grown so much that Yiwu officials have supported Spanish classes for local merchants.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Projects like Bitcoin Babies provide mothers with newborns under the age of one with extra money through Bitcoin, which can be exchanged for goods and services with local merchants that accept Bitcoin.—
Roger Huang,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks moved higher on Thursday, as traders evaluated the latest monetary policy updates from the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yet, the Interior Ministry tracked down the theft to a museum restoration specialist who took the artifact and sold it to a silver trader, who passed it on to a workshop owner in Cairo’s historic jewelry district.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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The deadline for the popular app to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States is September 17, after Trump extended it for the third time.—
AFP,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, Oman was the only foreign buyer of Britain’s Challenger 2 until the United Kingdom supplied some to Ukraine after the current war with Russia began in 2022.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Entrepreneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneur. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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