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
The Swifties’ new initiative — which parallel’s Swift’s own commitment to donating to local food banks along her Eras Tour route in 2023 and 2024 — is just the latest charitable act the fandom has organized.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
City and transit officials have announced safety initiatives specifically targeting buses, trains and uptown since the stabbing.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
The responsibility is also on governments and initiatives to help make this accessible and achievable.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Swartley will guide initiatives across partnership marketing, hospitality, analytics, experiential, content and social for brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, Coach, Hennessy, Nike, Spotify, Truist, Under Armour and Verizon.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
City and transit officials have announced safety initiatives specifically targeting buses, trains and uptown since the stabbing.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
The responsibility is also on governments and initiatives to help make this accessible and achievable.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Swartley will guide initiatives across partnership marketing, hospitality, analytics, experiential, content and social for brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, Coach, Hennessy, Nike, Spotify, Truist, Under Armour and Verizon.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for initiative
Noun
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The focus of Mamdani's campaign, affordability is not only an ambition worthy of our great city, but a business imperative.—
Sally Susman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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That laidback manner belies an ambition and drive that powers Chesney.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Within 90 days, the county has to draft an action plan for implementing the program.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her artwork often carries a strong political message, including criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza since October 7, 2023, and reflections on other crises in the Middle East.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Microsoft, which has a dominant position in enterprise software and focuses largely on business customers, wants to build AI capabilities into Office and Windows that can automate complex tasks out of the box.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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His early contributions included work on market-leading data protection products used by Fortune 500 companies (including PGP, a pioneering company in encryption technologies) that safeguarded some of the world’s largest enterprises against accidental and directly malicious data loss.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Initiative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initiative. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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