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
President Donald Trump’s son posted on X Wednesday night, calling for members of the Ohio Republican Party to endorse the former presidential candidate and entrepreneur at their meeting later this week.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2025
Each of Romito’s good-food-for-all endeavors, along with a new research and test lab in the works for 2026 in Castel di Sangro, is part of the same philosophy driving his trajectory as a chef and entrepreneur.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2025
His English improved by reading books and listening to audiobooks on creating businesses and biographies about entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Richard Branson.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Coincidentally, Ice is CEO of 6th Ave Storytelling, which helps local entrepreneurs market their businesses.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2025
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2025
Each of Romito’s good-food-for-all endeavors, along with a new research and test lab in the works for 2026 in Castel di Sangro, is part of the same philosophy driving his trajectory as a chef and entrepreneur.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2025
His English improved by reading books and listening to audiobooks on creating businesses and biographies about entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Richard Branson.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Coincidentally, Ice is CEO of 6th Ave Storytelling, which helps local entrepreneurs market their businesses.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
Noun
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Dolly Parton got choked up while talking about her late husband, Carl Dean, during an on-camera interview two months after the businessman’s death.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
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Smith became known while working in New York sports talk radio as Trump became one of the city’s top businessmen.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
1 May 2025
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Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet and were formidable sea merchants and colonizers, establishing city-states throughout the central and western Mediterranean.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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Good luck going and trying to scan QR codes and figuring out, okay, which merchant accepts, which doesn't.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, Harney ordered all the traders in the area into the fort.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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His office also went after insider traders, including the recent prosecution of a couple of Gulliver Preparatory School graduates enmeshed in a MasTec acquisition deal.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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Now, some Democratic senators have buyers’ remorse.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The studio reportedly screened the movie to a string of buyers in early 2024 with a price tag of around $70M, which is how much the film is said to have cost.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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“Entrepreneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneur. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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