as in gamble
a risky undertaking
their latest business venture failed big-time
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as in to endanger
to place in danger
don't venture more money than you can afford to lose
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as in to risk
to take a chance on
ventured to speak plainly at the meeting
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Recent Examples of venture
Kristen Bousquet, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Reversible Crossover Sweater $128 $89 at Lululemon Among Lululemon’s recent ventures into new categories is the brand’s knitwear offerings.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Akon is the latest hip-hop artist to venture into the world of country.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
With more predictability, more autonomy, and often more alignment with their values, these off-platform ventures are turning creators into business owners.
—Kristen Bousquet, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Reversible Crossover Sweater $128 $89 at Lululemon Among Lululemon’s recent ventures into new categories is the brand’s knitwear offerings.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
Naturally, our talks often ventured from mink sets to turkey lore.
—Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Akon is the latest hip-hop artist to venture into the world of country.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for venture
Noun
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However, both of them will be highly scrutinized moving forward, as will the Ravens’ decision-makers for taking a second-round gamble on Green.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Beijing knows a full-scale invasion would risk direct war with the U.S., a destructive gamble for China’s already wobbly economy at a time when Trump has added 145% tariffs to its burdens.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The toxics killed fish and wildlife, closed beaches, and endangered environmentally sensitive areas.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
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Without strategic global action, this figure could triple in the coming decades, threatening marine ecosystems, endangering wildlife, and impacting the millions of people who rely on the ocean for food, income, and survival.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Yet market unpredictability will create opportunities for those with the tools to respond, and businesses that fail to invest in agile pricing systems risk significant profitability erosion.—
Doug Fuehne,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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As tech giants rush to build newer AI models, their web crawlers vacuum up creative content, and those same models spew floods of synthetic media, risking drowning out the human creative spark in an ocean of pablum.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some see the church’s future as lying in Asia, which has led to speculation the next pope could be from Southeast Asia.—
Alicia Johnson,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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There’s also growing speculation that the Federal Reserve might soon cut interest rates.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Several analysts see the spending commitments as overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump, whose tariffs threaten to roil supply chains and raise costs for the technology industry.—
Zaheer Kachwala and Aditya Soni,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The less Trump threatening Canada is in the headlines, the less the Conservatives are getting hammered by their inability to have a good position.—
Sean Collins,
Vox,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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With consensus being that season three was the weakest of the White Lotus adventures so far, audiences have instead turned to the show within the show.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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Still to come is a second show centered on the characters in the adventuring party known as the Mighty Nein, who featured in Critical Role’s second campaign.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The 70-year-old cardinal from Veneto, who became the youngest Vatican secretary of state in 84 years in 2013, when Pope Francis chose him for the role, tops a list of potential candidates, with a 29 percent chance of being chosen as the next pope.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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The more Hutson figures it out, the better the Canadiens’ chances become of pulling off an upset against the Capitals.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Venture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venture. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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