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
During his 2023 campaign and most of his time in office, Johnston’s focus has largely been on homelessness and other initiatives outside transportation.
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
The project comes from Dragonfly FRO, a research initiative launched in 2025 to develop specialized scientific instruments.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
Her murder sparked a national initiative to protect the identities of crime victims.
—Gabriel Velasquez Neira, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
That organization, which issues grants for health, education and economic development initiatives in Black communities, was also subpoenaed last summer as part of the ongoing federal criminal investigation.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
The project comes from Dragonfly FRO, a research initiative launched in 2025 to develop specialized scientific instruments.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
Her murder sparked a national initiative to protect the identities of crime victims.
—Gabriel Velasquez Neira, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
That organization, which issues grants for health, education and economic development initiatives in Black communities, was also subpoenaed last summer as part of the ongoing federal criminal investigation.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for initiative
Noun
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The California Democrat’s ambitions find fuel in the flames of conspiracy.—
James Kirchick,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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Looking further ahead, Cronin describes ambitions for Wicked/Good to become an identifiable force in genre cinema, citing Jackson’s WingNut Films and the Weta ecosystem as a benchmark.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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Grammarly's parent company was hit with a class-action lawsuit on Thursday from one of the authors quoted as an expert in its tool.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
12 Mar. 2026
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Despite major changes this year to timing and logistics, SXSW will again spotlight comedy and action films that other festivals don’t show, as well as be a hotbed for discovery of new talent.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Data centers have already been targeted, causing banking, payments, enterprise and consumer services to experience outages.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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Claude outperforms ChatGPT on virtually every enterprise benchmark that matters from legal reasoning and financial modeling to cybersecurity and legacy systems modernization.—
Mark Minevich,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Initiative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initiative. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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