as in gambles
a risky undertaking
their latest business venture failed big-time
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as in endangers
to place in danger
don't venture more money than you can afford to lose
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as in risks
to take a chance on
ventured to speak plainly at the meeting
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Recent Examples of ventures
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
While helming his family’s businesses, Gokongwei has been actively pursuing other ventures.
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Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Success in new ventures today increasingly depends on partnerships with government, industry, and communities.
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Steve Case,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
All of these ventures would be destined for success, in one form or another.
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Peter Bart,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Among the female-centric ventures Ohanian has founded is Athlos, an all-women’s track and field event series.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
NoDa staff will rotate into the other ventures.
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Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
Bandar Alkhorayef, the Saudi mining minister, touted the prospects for joint ventures with Kazakhstan during a visit there this week.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
Unlike most of the other ventures on the list of the world’s most valuable businesses, SpaceX is losing billions of dollars a year.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Matt Damon leads the ensemble as Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca who ventures on a long and dangerous journey home after the Trojan War.
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Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
When Fuyuko ventures out from her solitude, she’s blessed with a chance encounter.
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Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
For Coel, that story sometimes ventures beyond friendship.
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Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
Arkady sits back, while Boris ventures out for clues.
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Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
There’s a stunning rooftop spa, which ventures beyond a traditional menu of facials and massages with some charmingly woo-woo treatments—go ahead and book a tarot reading or multi-sensorial writer’s block remedy.
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Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Mar. 2026
As with any mission that ventures beyond near-Earth orbit, portions of the journey will be agonizingly isolating.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
Here's what to know about the new test rover as NASA eyes more ventures to both the moon and Mars.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
While helming his family’s businesses, Gokongwei has been actively pursuing other ventures.
—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Success in new ventures today increasingly depends on partnerships with government, industry, and communities.
—
Steve Case,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
All of these ventures would be destined for success, in one form or another.
—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Among the female-centric ventures Ohanian has founded is Athlos, an all-women’s track and field event series.
—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
NoDa staff will rotate into the other ventures.
—
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
Bandar Alkhorayef, the Saudi mining minister, touted the prospects for joint ventures with Kazakhstan during a visit there this week.
—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
Unlike most of the other ventures on the list of the world’s most valuable businesses, SpaceX is losing billions of dollars a year.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
Verb
The story centers on a therapist who ventures into a reality-bending dimension after one of her patients disappears inside it, according to the film's IMDb.
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Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Matt Damon leads the ensemble as Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca who ventures on a long and dangerous journey home after the Trojan War.
—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
When Fuyuko ventures out from her solitude, she’s blessed with a chance encounter.
—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
For Coel, that story sometimes ventures beyond friendship.
—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.
—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
Arkady sits back, while Boris ventures out for clues.
—
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
There’s a stunning rooftop spa, which ventures beyond a traditional menu of facials and massages with some charmingly woo-woo treatments—go ahead and book a tarot reading or multi-sensorial writer’s block remedy.
—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Mar. 2026
As with any mission that ventures beyond near-Earth orbit, portions of the journey will be agonizingly isolating.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventures
Noun
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Drawing on generations of Chinatown family lore and silences, See turns China City’s vanished streets and her ancestors’ immigrant gambles into a historical fiction layered with stories of survival and belonging.
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The alien invasion adventure opens on June 12 and, with its $115 million budget, represents one of summer’s biggest gambles — a twisty conspiracy thriller that doesn’t come wrapped in familiar IP.
Verb
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Environmentalists say that plume endangers sea life.
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There’s lots of humiliation and frustration involved, as well as an incident that endangers his family.
Verb
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Heart risks In 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration required label changes on testosterone therapy that stated the safety and effectiveness had not been established for men who had signs and symptoms associated with idiopathic hypogonadism, a condition that involves low testosterone levels.
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Advertisement Companies may also want to monitor how further negotiations unfold before committing ships to the area, amid concern that Israel’s parallel war against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon risks derailing progress.
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The injury was an unfortunate occurrence in his World Cup debut and could affect Sweden’s chances going forward.
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The only real scoring chances arrived in the dying moments of a game that carried macabre tendencies, long after the match had devolved into a turf war.
Verb
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for the impeachment of the Miami-Dade judge who acquitted a woman by reason of insanity in the 2021 death of her 15-month-old daughter, arguing the ruling threatens public safety.
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Tien, wearing tennis shorts and an oversized white T-shirt that threatens to dwarf his modest frame, is eating an omelet from the players cafeteria, but someone seems to have forgotten his spinach.
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Still, the accompanying 4,300-acre ski resort offers eco-adventures year-round, from river rafting and mountain biking to snowshoeing and ziplining.
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The Education Department is making some exceptions for grad school borrowers who are in the middle of their higher education adventures.
Noun
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That growth is coming from enterprises paying premium prices for productivity tools that demonstrably improve output.
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In our experience advising enterprises on AI deployment, most organizations still approach it primarily as an efficiency initiative.
Noun
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These speculations are put to rest by the child, who says, ‘No!
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Griffin has encouraged these speculations.
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“Ventures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventures. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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