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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Last year, Flores came through for Liam Rader, an enterprising boy who had sold lemonade in Ramona for over a year to raise money for a dirt bike.
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
His enterprising coverage of the Defense Department has shed light on everything from MRAP vehicles credited with savings lives and limbs, to the Army's suicide crisis.
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Straus was enterprising and handsome, with small round spectacles, an angular nose, and a coarse, peppery beard.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
His enterprising coverage of the Defense Department has shed light on everything from MRAP vehicles credited with savings lives and limbs, to the Army's suicide crisis.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Mary’s enterprising sister Edith (Laura Carmichael) devises a plan to invite Coward, in whose show their friend Guy Dexter (Dominic West), now secretly in a relationship with their former servant Thomas (Robert James-Collier), is appearing.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 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
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“Enterprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enterprising. Accessed 17 Sep. 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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