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
Wednesday morning, Mayor Cherelle Parker will announce more details of a same-day work and pay initiative to help clear out the city's streets and sidewalks.
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Joe Brandt, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
One year later, Newsom’s initiative has struggled to distinguish itself amid a panoply of wildfire relief efforts.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Also, new marketing initiatives will be a tailwind for the stock, Ohmes said.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Community advocacy following store closures have resulted in initiatives to supplement the grocery store loss, like monthly mobile market visits and the installation of community refrigerators – a mutual aid solution that makes food and donated items available to the public at no cost.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Joe Brandt, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
One year later, Newsom’s initiative has struggled to distinguish itself amid a panoply of wildfire relief efforts.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Also, new marketing initiatives will be a tailwind for the stock, Ohmes said.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Community advocacy following store closures have resulted in initiatives to supplement the grocery store loss, like monthly mobile market visits and the installation of community refrigerators – a mutual aid solution that makes food and donated items available to the public at no cost.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for initiative
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As humanity moves from brief space missions toward longer stays — driven by commercial ambitions for moon bases and eventual Martian settlements — scientists are beginning to confront how the conditions of space may affect human reproduction.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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None of these quite conveys his big ambitions except the Noguchi Museum itself.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
4 Feb. 2026
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Officials have vowed to combat any similar US military action against Cuba.—
Bianna Golodryga,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Both of those teams already have been in action on the trade market, with the Celtics adding center Nikola Vucevic from the Chicago Bulls and the Wizards previously acquiring Trae Young from the Hawks.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Google offers client-side encryption for some services, primarily in enterprise environments, where encryption keys remain under the customer's control.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Rival OpenAI is now hiring hundreds of new staffers to boost its enterprise sales, The Information reported.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Initiative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initiative. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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