ventured

verb

past tense of venture
1
as in endangered
to place in danger don't venture more money than you can afford to lose

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2
as in risked
to take a chance on ventured to speak plainly at the meeting

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Recent Examples of ventured Legendary Lebanese fashion design house Elie Saab also ventured into travel, designing a bespoke, luxury cabin interior for private jet manufacturer Bombardier focused on clean lines, rich materials, and warm tones. — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026 Kent ventured onto the island in season 25, set in the Philippines, and actually stuck around for a while. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 July 2026 The project will mark a departure for Audiard, who has never ventured into horror before. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 July 2026 Even so, many people ventured outside Friday morning, where the thick blanket of wildfire smoke dramatically reduced visibility and gave the sky a milky, gray appearance. — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 17 July 2026 The Bergmanns ventured outside their screen comfort zone for Noga. — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026 None of the interested parties ventured a comment when contacted by Deadline, though multiple people familiar with the proceedings said the roster of companies had taken part in early meetings. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026 As the franchise hasn’t ventured much into NYC, there should be plenty of new ground for the show to cover. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026 On June 30, Williams and Meir ventured into the void to replace a wrist joint on the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm that had been malfunctioning. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventured
  1. endangered
  2. risked
  3. threatened
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  • All told, there are 91 species that live in California and are listed as endangered under the act, and another 51 species listed as threatened.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Will Huebner / Santa Barbara Zoo Red pandas, which are a little larger than a house cat, are considered endangered, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 28 July 2026
Definition of endangered
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  • Undermining trust By introducing an AI image generator as a Google Earth feature, Google risked undermining public trust in Google Earth as a reliable reference for providing authentic imagery of the real world, Ess said.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • Doing so only risked antagonising members of the international football community and creating suspicion.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of risked
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  • All told, there are 91 species that live in California and are listed as endangered under the act, and another 51 species listed as threatened.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • In England, where half the country is gripped by drought, firefighters battled a wildfire on an east coast heath in Suffolk, near a nuclear power station that fire services said wasn’t threatened.
    — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of threatened

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