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a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
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Recent Examples of entrepreneurs
For Charlotte-area entrepreneurs Eugene and Ayanna Williams, and their six children, the last year has been a whirlwind of new beginnings and life-altering challenges.
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Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Aarushi is one of many entrepreneurs building brands from these smaller hubs in India, all aiming to scale beyond their local markets.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Walker, who continues to be influential, is expected to share insights from her experience and her support of young female fashion entrepreneurs.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The show spotlighted the personal stories of female entrepreneurs, and Meghan pulled back the curtain on the launch of her As ever brand.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
In recent years, he’s trained some of the world’s most accomplished investors, entrepreneurs, special forces veterans, and CEOs in the same practice — how to find clarity and composure amid uncertainty.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Sarah Wang Most entrepreneurs chase markets.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
And that is the kind of problem that young Saudi entrepreneurs are tackling—and sparking a culture of innovation there, as evidenced by SILQ.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
And the best and the brightest will want to become bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs.
—Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Aarushi is one of many entrepreneurs building brands from these smaller hubs in India, all aiming to scale beyond their local markets.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Walker, who continues to be influential, is expected to share insights from her experience and her support of young female fashion entrepreneurs.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The show spotlighted the personal stories of female entrepreneurs, and Meghan pulled back the curtain on the launch of her As ever brand.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
In recent years, he’s trained some of the world’s most accomplished investors, entrepreneurs, special forces veterans, and CEOs in the same practice — how to find clarity and composure amid uncertainty.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Sarah Wang Most entrepreneurs chase markets.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
And that is the kind of problem that young Saudi entrepreneurs are tackling—and sparking a culture of innovation there, as evidenced by SILQ.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
And the best and the brightest will want to become bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs.
—Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneurs
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Airwallex’s focus, instead, is on companies that want a global presence and need to be able to issue employee cards, open bank accounts, and pay merchants across dozens of jurisdictions.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Already, Etsy and Walmart, as well as Shopify merchants like Spanx, Glossier and Vuori have signed up to be part of Instant Checkout, though rollout is still pending in some of those cases.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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Futures bets on the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 were both pointing strongly up this morning prior to the opening bell in New York, suggesting that some traders think yesterday’s bloodbath in the markets was overdone.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Markets react For their part, traders weren’t buying the hawkish rhetoric.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Trade-in buyers with negative equity financed $11,164 more than the typical new car buyer.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Entrepreneurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneurs. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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