as in ambition
readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity
the sentry showed remarkable initiative and uncommon bravery in foiling the terrorist attack
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Recent Examples of initiative
Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador Tourism in El Salvador is rapidly growing, with tourism initiatives like its 2019 branding of Surf City that advertised its shoreline as a world-class surf destination.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Rather than unlocking potential, this approach stifles initiative, fuels frustration, and drives out talent.
—Liz Teran, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Singapore ranked second, praised for its blend of modern city living and green space initiatives.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
If your function involves spending hours supporting revenue-driving initiatives cross-functionally for other departments, track it.
—Sarah Chambers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Rather than unlocking potential, this approach stifles initiative, fuels frustration, and drives out talent.
—Liz Teran, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Singapore ranked second, praised for its blend of modern city living and green space initiatives.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
If your function involves spending hours supporting revenue-driving initiatives cross-functionally for other departments, track it.
—Sarah Chambers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for initiative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for initiative
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His mother—central in shaping his early confidence—instilled in him a kind of resilience that would later fuel his global ambitions.—
Janee Bolden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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To some degree, the best restaurants in the world are self-portraits, easily identifiable by the chef’s history, background, ambition, and ability to shape the culture of hospitality and dining more broadly.—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Middlesex League action, Kaylee Master recorded a hat trick, Sophia Setouhi added a pair and Gianna Venezia scored her first varsity goal as Watertown (5-0) blanked Woburn, 7-0, for its 102nd straight field hockey win.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Here, Pearce sought a declaratory judgment that the operating agreements had already been rejected by the bankruptcy estate, but the Court noted that no such action had taken place since Debtor's reorganization plan had neither been confirmed nor rejected by the Court so far.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In this blog, Everest Group’s Peter Bendor-Samuel and Richard Sear bring together their perspectives from years of experience advising global enterprises and shaping advanced science and technology strategy.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Shaffi, a senior data architect at Amazon Web Services, is widely recognized for designing secure, large scale data infrastructures that power global enterprises.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Initiative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initiative. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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