ENTERPRISES Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

enterprises

noun

plural of enterprise

as in companies

a commercial or industrial activity or organization the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises

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a risky undertaking the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out

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sure things

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Recent Examples of enterprises But some developers and enterprises are a little less focused on the frontier and more focused on exactly how to operationalize all this and keep it cost-effective. — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026 Since the beginning of the year, his administration has slapped sanctions regularly on Cuban officials, government enterprises and military companies and has cut off oil supplies to the Cuban government. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 In truth, enterprises are spending substantially more on AI while expecting to extract more output value from fewer people. — Ameya Kanitkar, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026 His family enterprises are already intertwined with the White House’s foreign policy. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026 The dispute reflects growing demand from enterprises for greater control over proprietary data. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 Some business owners and workers, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises, are frustrated by sharp tax increases. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 Trump to get access to that colossal wealth and Musk to avoid government investigations into his enterprises and to maintain access to the federal piggybank and untold troves of data. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Four people with knowledge of the matter, including a diplomatic source, told Reuters that the TPLF had ordered both companies to shut down the networks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Federal officials allege that the companies used the funds from the loans to repay outstanding business loans borrowed by a separate Wolak and Lentini-owned company, which was prohibited under the terms of the loans.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of companies

Noun

While the era’s bust eventually brought most of those ventures to an end, Brown said the experience taught him not to let the fear of failure—or looking foolish—get in the way.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
The former Cuban athlete acknowledges the importance of social media to the success of her ventures.

— Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of ventures

Noun

Every September, around 830 boys from ages 13 to 18 take planes, trains, and automobiles to install themselves in their boarding houses at Harrow on the Hill.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
The 40-year-old designer is part of a whole class of millennials working for historical fashion houses who have been tasked with making young shoppers feel things.

— Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of houses

Noun

Monday in Philadelphia stays cool and unsettled, with the front stalled just south of the region and scattered rain chances, especially across southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Delaware.

— Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Highs are expected in the upper 80s and the rain chances for the week through Sunday hover around the 80% range — especially Wednesday when the weather service puts storm chances at 88%.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of chances

Noun

Located 30 miles northeast of Atlanta, the community of around 30,000 is home to a walkable, historic downtown populated with local boutiques and businesses; a legendary theatre; and lots of great restaurants.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
That had included entrepreneurship support for small business owners, assessing the state of Connecticut’s Black businesses and creating new programs for teaching financial literacy.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

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