enterprises

noun

plural of enterprise
1
as in companies
a commercial or industrial activity or organization the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises

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2
as in ventures
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 enterprises And as part of those partnerships, the labs often do have a lot more access to information about how those enterprises are using the models. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 July 2026 The report also highlighted the potential challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which represent a significant portion of the textiles sector. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 Collaborations like Dell Technologies and NVIDIA help enterprises align compute, networking and data infrastructure in ways that support more scalable, efficient AI deployment. — Alison Biers, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enterprises
  1. companies
  2. ventures
  3. firms
  4. gambles
  5. houses
  6. chances
  7. businesses
Noun
  • From candy makers to bakers and wedding favor brands, people and companies around the world appear to be capitalizing on what could be the biggest wedding of the era.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald How did a 19th-century Japanese playing-card manufacturer become one of the most influential companies in the entertainment world, asks Stephen Bush in the FT.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
Definition of companies
Noun
  • Most of the gains came from his cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, and other digital currency ventures.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • The series will track four generations of the Tata family, beginning with founder Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, whose ventures included Tata Steel, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and groundwork for the Indian Institute of Science.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 July 2026
Definition of ventures
Noun
  • The two findings can both be true, Kharazian said, because the Stanford study was broader and didn’t focus just on the firms that use AI.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • So Well Self-storage, plumbing and heating outfits, dental and veterinary clinics, insurance brokers, car dealerships, debt collectors, the firms that manage your block of flats.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of firms
Noun
  • LaMelo Ball is teaming up with Anthony Edwards after one of Tim Connelly’s boldest gambles yet.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
  • Drawing on generations of Chinatown family lore and silences, See turns China City’s vanished streets and her ancestors’ immigrant gambles into a historical fiction layered with stories of survival and belonging.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of gambles
Noun
  • Birds fly over houses overshadowed by the mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 10, 2026.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • In other stations on the factory floor, modules were taking shape for two houses that will replace houses lost in the Palisades fire.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of houses
Noun
  • Skies will become partly sunny, and rain chances will drop considerably.
    — Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026
  • The second half started much like the first half, as both teams created occasional chances, with most of the action coming from the Spanish.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of chances
Noun
  • There were no signs of rodents at any businesses during this inspection period, but dead roaches were found at Conservatory at Plano, at 6401 Ohio Drive.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • The weekly series along the New River also includes live music, a farmers and craft market with a rotating lineup of local businesses and artisans, as well as gourmet food vendors.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Definition of businesses

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