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as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises
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as in ambition
readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity
the enterprise shown by the early developers and promoters of personal computers
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as in venture
a risky undertaking
the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out
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Recent Examples of enterprise
Unchecked real estate speculation displaces working-class enterprises and communities.
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Daniel Wortel-London, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
Under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, there are 35 specific offenses, including murder, bribery, and extortion, and federal prosecutors need to show a pattern involving at least two overt acts as part of a criminal enterprise.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Combs 'Doesn't Take No for an Answer': Prosecutor Slavik began by alleging that Combs is the leader of a criminal enterprise.
—Jenna Sundel
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Consider a large organization with a wealth of enterprise data: documents, meetings, images, chats, and code.
—Arun Shastri, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Daniel Wortel-London, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
Under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, there are 35 specific offenses, including murder, bribery, and extortion, and federal prosecutors need to show a pattern involving at least two overt acts as part of a criminal enterprise.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Combs 'Doesn't Take No for an Answer': Prosecutor Slavik began by alleging that Combs is the leader of a criminal enterprise.
—Jenna Sundel
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Consider a large organization with a wealth of enterprise data: documents, meetings, images, chats, and code.
—Arun Shastri, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enterprise
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In 2022, the company launched the StanbyME, which is essentially a $1,000 27-inch tablet running LG's smart TV operating system (OS), webOS, but lacking a tuner.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2025
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Gossamer Gear Packing Cube Bundle for $83 ($28 off) Gossamer Gear The ultralight backpacking company Gossamer Gear is now making travel products, like these awesome packing cubes.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
5 July 2025
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Now back in her hometown of Chicago, the MIT prodigy and armor-building genius is chasing her ambitions — while also getting entangled with the mysterious Parker Robbins (Anthony Ramos), a.k.a.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The bet is a next leg of L’Oréal’s increasing ambitions in the beauty-tech space, fueled by efforts to bring forth tech innovations that are accessible and solve solutions for everyday consumers.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Initially hoping to profile the alluring con, journalist Wes Easton’s venture takes a different direction when Roya asks him to ghostwrite a memoir for her instead as a means of resurrecting her reputation.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
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When corporate processes eclipse the culture, ventures almost inevitably falter.—
Jennifer J. Fondrevay,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Eliminating the existing tax credits would likely kill up to 72% of the new wind and solar installations that were to be completed in the U.S. over the next decade, according to analysis from Rhodium Group, a research firm.—
Tracy J. Wholf,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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That's why large and small firms across many industries are entering a stage of quarterly rolling layoffs.—
John Pierce,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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But the mammoth legislation also includes cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, while rolling back clean energy credits and initiatives.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Portland’s facilities initiative involves the $25 million purchase of a 13-acre plot adjacent to its training fields from the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
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Wolf might not be perfect, but the upside of betting on him hitting is worth the gamble.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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That’s enough money to make staying in college the bigger gamble.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Two other roommates survived, including one who described to police seeing a man in black clothes walk past her in the house.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
1 July 2025
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In the early hours of Nov. 13, students Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death in the girls' off-campus house.—
Kayna Whitworth,
ABC News,
30 June 2025
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There had been much speculation surrounding Pac-12 conference expansion since the conference announced its plans to add members of the Mountain West Conference in September 2024.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The currency pair is expected to swing both ways as the Taiwan dollar gets caught between speculation of central bank intervention and weakness in the greenback, Lim added.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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“Enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enterprise. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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