as in ambition
readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity
the sentry showed remarkable initiative and uncommon bravery in foiling the terrorist attack
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Recent Examples of initiative
In 2020, the pair launched The Earthshot Prize – an ambitious environmental initiative that seeks to offer green solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including ocean protection.
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Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
At first, these initiatives to combat discrimination and increase the persistently low percentage of female, Black and Hispanic executives seemed to get results.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Somebody should sponsor an initiative banning increases in public employee compensation unless the state budget is balanced.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
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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Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
At first, these initiatives to combat discrimination and increase the persistently low percentage of female, Black and Hispanic executives seemed to get results.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Somebody should sponsor an initiative banning increases in public employee compensation unless the state budget is balanced.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for initiative
Noun
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The extent of the advance is unclear, as are Moscow’s ambitions for the assault.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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How the potential fallout between two of the world's most powerful men could affect U.S. spaceflight ambitions remains to be seen.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Many of the pro-climate policies enacted, particularly during the Biden era, deliver little in the way of climate benefits (or any benefit for that matter) while making a mockery of the real economic concerns businesses and consumers have about climate action.—
Ashley Nunes,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2025
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Note that bond funds have less predictable income patterns than individual bonds due to the fund's diversification, strategy and trading actions.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Consider a large organization with a wealth of enterprise data: documents, meetings, images, chats, and code.—
Arun Shastri,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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That effort is still ongoing; Israeli officials have indicated that the strikes will come in multiple waves, over multiple days, as the country works to erode Iran's extensive nuclear enterprise and hobble any potential regime retaliation.—
Ilan Berman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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“Initiative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initiative. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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