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
Last year, after a high-profile lobbying effort by celebrity entrepreneur Paris Hilton, Congress passed a bipartisan measure requiring a multiagency study of the troubled teen industry.
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
The billionaire tech entrepreneur's June 11 post appeared to signal a cooling down of the brief public feud with his former boss, just days after Trump said his relationship with Musk was over.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 11 June 2025
On Tuesday, June 10, the model and entrepreneur, 28, appeared on stage at the Business of Beauty Global Forum in Napa, Calif., to chat about her cosmetics brand rhode.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 June 2025
The project coincided with a push by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to lessen the country’s dependence on extractive industries and to encourage entrepreneurs to develop goods for export.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
The billionaire tech entrepreneur's June 11 post appeared to signal a cooling down of the brief public feud with his former boss, just days after Trump said his relationship with Musk was over.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 11 June 2025
On Tuesday, June 10, the model and entrepreneur, 28, appeared on stage at the Business of Beauty Global Forum in Napa, Calif., to chat about her cosmetics brand rhode.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 June 2025
The project coincided with a push by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to lessen the country’s dependence on extractive industries and to encourage entrepreneurs to develop goods for export.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
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The hostilities began when Trump lashed out at Musk's criticism of the Republican tax-cut and spending bill, and quickly escalated into an all-out online brawl on Trump's Truth Social and Musk's X, with prominent businessmen, analysts and political names weighing in on the fight.—
Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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Four other Democratic candidates were not present: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, businessman Stephen Cloobeck, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and former Controller Betty Yee.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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Keeping this in mind, the real reason, however, is that these same merchants may not have pivoted as effectively as needed during these challenges to withstand the current stresses in retail and thus, layoffs are the result.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Visitors also had ample opportunities to shop, with merchants selling everything from tobacco and candy to jewelry and guidebooks.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Thinking like a trader makes the message clear: the market doesn’t pay premiums for long.—
John Walkup,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Hotel stocks — Hotel and resort stocks declined as traders weighed the outlook for diminished travel demand following Israel's strike on Iran.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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The buyers of the 24-year-old house are Las Vegas restauranteurs Frank Bonanno and his wife, Betty Pellegrino Bonanno, according to Palm Beach County official records.—
Kimberly Miller,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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All of the buyers that made appointments were serious.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
13 June 2025
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“Entrepreneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneur. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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