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
Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
But since 2018, the Skims founder has been multitasking across all her ventures to pursue her legal studies.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
Despite ventures to broaden its business model, like smart glasses, the tech giant still gets the vast majority of its revenue from selling online advertising on sites like Facebook and Instagram.
—PC Magazine, 8 Nov. 2025
The other alleged fraudster is Badolato, who has been involved in other ventures with Bannon and was charged alongside him on Thursday.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Now, Gong ventures into cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre set in a dystopian future.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
In addition to his musical ventures, Nick also worked on a number of Broadway musicals.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
And yet, none of these expensive ventures has proven as effective at generating genuine global goodwill as a simple chocolate bar.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
As a father of four girls, his latest ventures include launching KidNation, an educational platform devoted to the enrichment of children.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
Everyone who ventures to the summit of Everest while relying on oxygen faces an existential risk if the oxygen runs out.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Before too long, though, Sacrifice ventures off into much stranger, more sincere territory, becoming a drama that mulls over surrendering to a higher power.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Nix, though, still ventures too far into perfectionist mode sometimes.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
In between laying down vocals and listening back to takes — usually while smoking something — Bieber also ventures off into nature, snowboarding down steep slopes and climbing atop a structure’s roof near the beach.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
Morgan is embracing her new life as a businesswoman, running multiple ventures including her media company Togethxr and investment firm Trybe Ventures.
—Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
But since 2018, the Skims founder has been multitasking across all her ventures to pursue her legal studies.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
Despite ventures to broaden its business model, like smart glasses, the tech giant still gets the vast majority of its revenue from selling online advertising on sites like Facebook and Instagram.
—PC Magazine, 8 Nov. 2025
The other alleged fraudster is Badolato, who has been involved in other ventures with Bannon and was charged alongside him on Thursday.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Now, Gong ventures into cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre set in a dystopian future.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
In addition to his musical ventures, Nick also worked on a number of Broadway musicals.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
And yet, none of these expensive ventures has proven as effective at generating genuine global goodwill as a simple chocolate bar.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
As a father of four girls, his latest ventures include launching KidNation, an educational platform devoted to the enrichment of children.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Peabody Award-winning Disney Channel series follows 14-year-old Luz (Sarah-Nicole Robles), a Dominican American girl who ventures into an alternate dimension called the Demon Realm to train as a witch.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
Everyone who ventures to the summit of Everest while relying on oxygen faces an existential risk if the oxygen runs out.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Before too long, though, Sacrifice ventures off into much stranger, more sincere territory, becoming a drama that mulls over surrendering to a higher power.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Nix, though, still ventures too far into perfectionist mode sometimes.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
In between laying down vocals and listening back to takes — usually while smoking something — Bieber also ventures off into nature, snowboarding down steep slopes and climbing atop a structure’s roof near the beach.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventures
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Lorenz and O’Bryen generally get the songs started as a duo before bringing in bass player Campbell Baum, keyboardist Marco Pini, and drummer Lincoln Barrett to help flesh out their inside jokes and stylistic gambles.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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If both of those European gambles hit the jackpot, Virginia could be an absurd value here.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sanchez is currently facing one felony charge (battery resulting in serious bodily injury) and three misdemeanor charges (battery resulting in bodily injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication that endangers the life of another).—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The organization warned Monday that the storm endangers communities already grappling with poverty, inequality, violence, and recent disasters—factors that could complicate recovery efforts.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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But by open-sourcing them, OpenAI risks sharing the blueprints to those gates.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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And today, the world risks another chapter of horror in Sudan as violence engulfs El Fasher.—
David Miliband,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Given chances to replicate his pivots toward moderation on subjects like Wall Street, housing, and policing, Mamdani did not bend on the Middle East.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Beck’s overtime interception against SMU essentially doomed UM’s chances.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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As the violent storm threatens the country’s northeastern coast, millions of people have evacuated from villages at risk of flash floods, landslides, and tidal surges.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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The arrival of a young Sudanese businessman threatens to change their way of life.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Andrzej Sapkowski’s first two Witcher books, both short story collections, are marvelously varied in tone and content, presenting a smorgasbord of standalone Geralt adventures that alternate between the comic and tragic.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Historically, Imax has been associated with comic book adventures that appeal to fanboys and fangirls.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Professional sports are rapacious for-profit enterprises that produce wildly entertaining, sometimes violent, and sometimes inspiring athletic competition.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Phoenix Lights gained international attention and the mystery surrounding them gave rise to many theories and speculations.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Back in November 2023, the Oscar winner chatted with Kylie Jenner for Interview magazine and denied cosmetic enhancement speculations by crediting her makeup artist for his optical illusion glam.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Ventures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventures. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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