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as in endangered
to place in danger
don't venture more money than you can afford to lose
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as in risked
to take a chance on
ventured to speak plainly at the meeting
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Recent Examples of ventured
Shoppers from all over Dallas-Forth Worth ventured to the store and propelled its growth in the following years.
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
One of the many heart-wrenching stories that stood out to Bacon was Eddie Bindon, a first assistant engineer, who bought his wife a 25th anniversary ring the day before the Fitzgerald ventured out.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
With so many villages unlivable, wild animals have ventured back near the towns.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Related Articles The fashion coffee table book‘s 406 pages take readers on a journey, starting at the time when Louis Vuitton left his hometown of Jura, France and ventured to Paris, becoming a trunk maker’s apprentice.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The couple share daughters Maude, 27, and Iris, 23, who have each ventured into acting as well.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Before Hill passed away in July, the boat ventured to remote reaches of the Pacific Ocean from his native New Zealand’s Spirits Bay to Fiji’s pristine archipelagos.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Charting a southerly route, Columbus ventured across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Dominica Passage between the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
From the 2000s onward, Yamada ventured into new territory with period films such as The Twilight Samurai (2002), which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars; and The Hidden Blade (2004), which played in competition at Berlin International Film Festival.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
One of the many heart-wrenching stories that stood out to Bacon was Eddie Bindon, a first assistant engineer, who bought his wife a 25th anniversary ring the day before the Fitzgerald ventured out.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
With so many villages unlivable, wild animals have ventured back near the towns.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Related Articles The fashion coffee table book‘s 406 pages take readers on a journey, starting at the time when Louis Vuitton left his hometown of Jura, France and ventured to Paris, becoming a trunk maker’s apprentice.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The couple share daughters Maude, 27, and Iris, 23, who have each ventured into acting as well.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Before Hill passed away in July, the boat ventured to remote reaches of the Pacific Ocean from his native New Zealand’s Spirits Bay to Fiji’s pristine archipelagos.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Charting a southerly route, Columbus ventured across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Dominica Passage between the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
From the 2000s onward, Yamada ventured into new territory with period films such as The Twilight Samurai (2002), which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars; and The Hidden Blade (2004), which played in competition at Berlin International Film Festival.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventured
Verb
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In California, gray wolves are currently protected under both the federal and state endangered species acts.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The alert is issued when there is a report of a missing or endangered person under age 65, including tribal members.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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While many members of the British military have risked their lives and died in battle, there have also been lives lost at the hands of those same forces.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Another recall in October affected more than 63,000 vehicles due to excessively bright headlights that risked blinding other drivers.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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When people see concrete evidence that leadership is investing in their capability–and not just deploying technology for its own sake–they’ll shift from feeling threatened to feeling empowered.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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English became a buffer, a soft curtain between myself and the memories that threatened to undo me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Ventured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventured. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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