as in businessman
a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
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Recent Examples of entrepreneur
As Italy’s economic powerhouse—and fashion and design capital—Milan draws entrepreneurs and creatives from all over Italy and beyond.
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Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Paul Graham, a Silicon Valley investor and co-founder of the Y Combinator startup accelerator, says not every aspiring entrepreneur needs to focus on artificial intelligence to find success.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
And that is in no small measure due to Cuba’s prosperity in the 2000s being built on Venezuelan subsidies, not by Cuban entrepreneurs.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Aaron Newman, an entrepreneur who founded five software startups.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Paul Graham, a Silicon Valley investor and co-founder of the Y Combinator startup accelerator, says not every aspiring entrepreneur needs to focus on artificial intelligence to find success.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
And that is in no small measure due to Cuba’s prosperity in the 2000s being built on Venezuelan subsidies, not by Cuban entrepreneurs.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Aaron Newman, an entrepreneur who founded five software startups.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
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Shor is a businessman with links to Russia who was accused of stealing billions of dollars from Moldovan banks in 2014.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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In June, the Swedish businessman's venture capital firm, Prima Materia, invested more than $700 million into Helsing, a German startup that develops military technology.—
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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To join the program, merchants can head to OpenAI's website.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Tang, who leads the DoorDash Labs automation and robotics unit, said Dot is a solution to increasingly complex deliveries, and attempts to open the technology to local merchants.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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But many traders and analysts noted a shift from the market-share battles of the last decade, when US shale was booming.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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But despite the sentiment that all is well in the economy, investors are flocking to the safe-haven asset of gold—usually a sign that traders are battening down the hatches.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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China, the biggest foreign buyer of American soybeans for many years, last bought American beans in May and has not bought any for this harvest season, which began in September.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Plus, if a potential buyer has allergies, they might be discouraged from putting in an offer.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Entrepreneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneur. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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