enterprising
adjective
en·ter·pris·ing
ˈen-tər-ˌprī-ziŋ 
ˈen-tə-ˌprī-
: marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
an enterprising young reporter
Examples of enterprising in a Sentence
As an enterprising young reporter, she covered many important stories.
the company is claiming that there will be huge financial rewards for enterprising sales representatives
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Curious and enterprising young bride-to-be Maizy leaves her groom, Beau, at the altar to embark on a cross-country quest to find an expert who can save the corn.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Straus was enterprising and handsome, with small round spectacles, an angular nose, and a coarse, peppery beard.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
The history of why Yahoo even got into media at all was not by being investigative journalists or on the enterprising side of news, but by being the first and best aggregator of news and being a partner to people like Fortune, by sending them traffic, sharing the revenue.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Of course, that doesn’t mean that some enterprising bartenders aren’t willing to play around with the standard Rum Runner formula and find ways to modernize this old-school favorite.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Straus was enterprising and handsome, with small round spectacles, an angular nose, and a coarse, peppery beard.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
The history of why Yahoo even got into media at all was not by being investigative journalists or on the enterprising side of news, but by being the first and best aggregator of news and being a partner to people like Fortune, by sending them traffic, sharing the revenue.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Of course, that doesn’t mean that some enterprising bartenders aren’t willing to play around with the standard Rum Runner formula and find ways to modernize this old-school favorite.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for enterprising
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“Enterprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enterprising. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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enterprising
adjective
en·ter·pris·ing
ˈent-ə(r)-ˌprī-ziŋ
: bold, active, and energetic in undertaking or experimenting
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