How to Use risk-taking in a Sentence
risk-taking
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What does that do to risk-taking?
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
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And risk-taking, for them, is in the trying.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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The film taught him a lesson in risk-taking — but off the track.
—Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
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That risk-taking is paying off.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
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Thoughtful risk-taking has to become a part of how work gets done.
—Chris Ernst, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
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This mantra also has shaped his approach to risk-taking.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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The evening included risk-taking and avant-garde looks as well.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
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In other words, this is not venture-style risk-taking.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
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The intelligent form of risk-taking can add joy to life.
—Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
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No play of Shakespeare’s seems to inspire so much risk-taking.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
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Beyond that, boredom is found to increase risk-taking, which can be good thing.
—Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2023
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Now, our risk-taking has to be rational, but everything is a risk.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
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Such risk-taking contributed to Good’s death.
—Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
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But that’s just a testament to his range and risk-taking as a performer steeped in song and theater.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
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In larger pools, strategic risk-taking can help separate you from the pack.
—Kilty Cleary, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Patents reflect both creative output and risk-taking.
—Stephen J. Smulowitz, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
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Against that backdrop, risk-taking is not a choice but a necessity.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
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The risk-taking attitude at the time was measured and thoughtful.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
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There’s still room for inventiveness, for risk-taking.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
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In fact, his risk-taking is one of the (many) reasons fans and stylists alike find his celebrity so magnetic.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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And that’s because, frankly, there just isn’t the risk-taking happening in this market that there once was.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
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Banks could go back to taking big chances in a few years, because the rules that enabled that risk-taking remain in place.
—Peter Coy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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That said, the collections as a whole felt rather safe and commercial, with less creative risk-taking.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
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To be in this environment now, creative risk-taking is the mandate.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
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The lack of risk-taking has helped keep a lid on financial flows, while supply levers have averted the worst hit to the market.
—Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026
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Badgley wasn't the only man unafraid of a little risk-taking.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2023
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Berkshire shares lag the broader market in the past six month as sentiment shifted back to risk-taking.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
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Be intentional with your risk-taking.
—Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
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Heroism in battle and risk-taking in the killing of dangerous game are two examples.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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But what’s responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around puberty?
—Lauren Sarringhaus, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
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