microenterprise

Definition of microenterprisenext

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Recent Examples of microenterprise Her microenterprise home kitchen operation is certified by the San Diego health department. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2026 Among its wide variety of services and resources, Opening Doors offers pro bono immigration legal services, mental health counseling services, housing assistance and microenterprise business loans. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026 The city recognizes microenterprises as commercial enterprises that have five or fewer employees. 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 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 Microfinance, microenterprise, and microenergy are no substitute for industry, infrastructure, and grid electricity. Ted Nordhaus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microenterprise
Noun
  • The idea that enterprise companies across the globe would risk their data by attempting to stand up their own cybersecurity solutions by leveraging an AI model is, indeed, proving fanciful.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • Like those two businesses, pizzas reign supreme, but the current enterprise has a far wider roster of dishes.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Braxton said she’s noticed some investment firms pulling back this year, following companies such as Anheuser-Busch and Walmart last year.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • The firm has also had 15 exits in the region as public markets recover, including the listings of International Gemological Institute and Aadhar Housing Finance in India, as well as the exit of Japan's Alinamin Pharmaceutical.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The appeal here is proximity to shopping, business offices, and a shorter drive to reach the Old Town area.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • At least 45 people were arrested in Paris on Saturday after celebrations over Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory descended into chaos, with fires set, businesses vandalized and crowds clashing with police.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Amid an ongoing lawsuit filed by Phillip Pines against Khorram, Combs and several of his companies, Khorram is arguing that the case against her is legally insufficient, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.
    Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Still, some oil traders and shipping companies have reportedly made arrangements with Iran in a desperate effort to get oil flowing to global markets, where stockpiles are being rapidly depleted.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • In his victory speech, Qualls, who pitched himself as an outsider countering the party establishment, said the party should rally together to defeat the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in November.
    Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • Ishikawa herself worked in one of the bars that served Black soldiers, at a time when most establishments were segregated.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Nationwide poll on interest in the World Cup and opinions on related issues.
    Washington Post staff, Washington Post, 2 June 2026
  • The art world, with its credentialism, opaque jargon, and tendency to bow to powerful interests, bears a structural resemblance to both politics and academia.
    Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Analysts have previously expressed concern that US stocks of the interceptors have been depleted by the Iran conflict as well as by last year’s 12-day war between Israel and Iran, and noted that manufacturing more takes time.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • Those concerns that chopped 30% off cyber stocks earlier this year could not have been more wrong, as Jim Cramer had said all along.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Panish replayed for jurors testimony from Grossman’s daughter that, soon after the collision, Erickson arrived at the house smelling of alcohol.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • Decades after Julian’s vanishing there, the band and various hangers-on recall eerie incidents both in and out of the house—rooms full of occult literature; pub full of haunting photographs—as well as the glimmering stranger circling the Orpheus-esque Julian.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026

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“Microenterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microenterprise. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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