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Recent Examples of microenterprise
The city recognizes microenterprises as commercial enterprises that have five or fewer employees.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
While true microenterprises may be exempt, most small companies are expected to comply, and accessibility audits, remediation and staff training all demand serious investment.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
High collateral requirements that exclude startups and microenterprises.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Milpitas has allocated $200,000 in federal funds to provide up to 40 local microenterprises each with $5,000.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
From 1973 to 2022, these institutions have made a significant impact on 850,000 businesses and microenterprises while creating or preserving three million jobs nationwide.
—Lenwood V. Long, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Sao Paulo, where Barros is based, has the highest population of these tiny businesses in the country, with 3.6 million microenterprises.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
The department said at least five grants of up to $5,000 each were issued through a microenterprise grant program.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
To be eligible for the program, microenterprises must operate within Milpitas city limits, not exceed five employees (including W2 employees and sole proprietors) and operate as a for-profit enterprise.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
While true microenterprises may be exempt, most small companies are expected to comply, and accessibility audits, remediation and staff training all demand serious investment.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
High collateral requirements that exclude startups and microenterprises.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Milpitas has allocated $200,000 in federal funds to provide up to 40 local microenterprises each with $5,000.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
From 1973 to 2022, these institutions have made a significant impact on 850,000 businesses and microenterprises while creating or preserving three million jobs nationwide.
—Lenwood V. Long, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Sao Paulo, where Barros is based, has the highest population of these tiny businesses in the country, with 3.6 million microenterprises.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
The department said at least five grants of up to $5,000 each were issued through a microenterprise grant program.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
To be eligible for the program, microenterprises must operate within Milpitas city limits, not exceed five employees (including W2 employees and sole proprietors) and operate as a for-profit enterprise.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microenterprise
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But that resolution, and many others going back decades, have done little to stop Israel’s expanding settlement enterprise, which has grown rapidly under US President Donald Trump.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Alibaba noted in the announcement that Accio has particular potential for small-to-medium enterprises, which often have limited human capital to devote to sourcing activities.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
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Software analytics firm Palantir reported better-than-expected quarterly results, but restaurant chain Denny's and Hims & Hers Health posted disappointing results.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Canberra awarded a huge contract to a Japanese firm to build advanced warships for Australia’s navy, deepening military ties between two nations increasingly wary of Chinese expansionism.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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And the reliability of economic information Washington provides to foreign governments, businesses and investors is vital to their confidence in our economy.—
Robert Hormats,
Time,
12 Aug. 2025
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At the moment — and surely for some years to come — there is plenty of AI business to go around.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Sure, the work on NANDA takes place in the context of other protocols like A2A and, famously, MCP, but since those other projects are tied to leading AI companies, why not involve academia in something so central to future interface design?—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Utility company Ameren confirmed to PEOPLE that a contractor and its subcontractor were repairing and replacing tower lighting and marker balls on transmission lines in Madison County, Ill., when the incident occurred.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Israeli security establishment opposes this land grab.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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The 2002 plan, though opposed by Israel and sidestepped by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco through their establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel via the Abraham Accords, continues to serve broadly as the basis for the Arab League's position.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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Throughout Season 1, fans speculated that Tyler may be a potential love interest for Wednesday Addams, showing early interest in her and even sneaking out of Nevermore together.—
Vincent Perella,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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Linking executive compensation to ROIC aligns the interests of the executives with those of the shareholders.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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For Type 2 Diabetes, Potatoes Have a Bad Rap Blood sugar control is no small concern for Americans.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
8 Aug. 2025
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All in all, few realize the significance of this otherwise innocuous and under-the-radar concern.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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While the baby boy's face can't be seen in any of the photos, some of the pictures show the two near a pool and inside the house.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Microenterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microenterprise. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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