ventures 1 of 2

noun

plural of venture
as in gambles
a risky undertaking their latest business venture failed big-time

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ventures

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verb

present tense third-person singular of venture
1
as in endangers
to place in danger don't venture more money than you can afford to lose

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2
as in risks
to take a chance on ventured to speak plainly at the meeting

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Recent Examples of ventures
Noun
Densmore’s a busy guy, with various charitable causes and artistic ventures. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Or the administration’s personal enrichment through cryptocurrency ventures? — Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 The government needs a thriving market to offload its domestic portfolio and recycle the capital into new ventures. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Informa’s other notable ventures include the Monaco Yacht Show and Cannes Lions. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Orbital data centers are mainly being pitched by corporations, which tend to prefer profitable ventures. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026 Failed ventures and bad partnerships don’t usually look disastrous at the start. — David Farbman, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Be cautious with financial ventures before taking unnecessary risks. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2026 Several celebrity beauty ventures have struggled despite high-profile founders. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
Orlando Bloom stars as a village blacksmith who ventures to Jerusalem with his dad (Liam Neeson) to defend the holy city. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 That distortion should gradually alter S301's orbit — because the star ventures so close to Sagittarius A*, those changes may become measurable within about a decade. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The strongest moments come when Grande ventures into less familiar territory. — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026 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. — 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 Arkady sits back, while Boris ventures out for clues. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventures
  1. gambles
  2. endangers
  3. risks
  4. chances
  5. threatens
  6. adventures
  7. enterprises
  8. speculations
Noun
  • While the human might try big gambles to come back from a significant deficit, Ataraxos would work its way back into the game slowly and methodically.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • On fourth-and-6 from the Poinciana 48, Gateway Coach Marlin Roberts and gambles on the first play of the fourth quarter.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of gambles
Verb
  • However, the work, done with Tanzanian government partners, helps track threatened species and monitor human activity that endangers the region’s wildlife, making the few cameras lost in the process all the more worth it.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In response to that case, a biotech CEO recently warned in these pages that letting courts and politicians second-guess the FDA’s scientific judgment endangers the whole drug pipeline.
    — Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of endangers
Verb
  • The policy, however, risks a downshift in hiring and an uptick in the unemployment rate, though such fallout typically takes hold after a lag time lasting several months.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That seemingly sound advice from the master of the field now risks backfiring, Doctorow argued.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of risks
Noun
  • In about nine minutes of time together at 5-on-5, that line held a 12-2 edge in shot attempts over the Ducks, including a 4-0 advantage in shots on goal, 5-2 in scoring chances and 2-0 high-danger chances.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • El Niño also shifts rainfall patterns globally, raising the chances for destructive flooding in some parts of the world.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of chances
Verb
  • After five shootings in less than a week left at least 46 people dead, South Africa is wrestling with how to tackle a spike in gun crime that threatens to undo recent progress in reducing its notoriously high murder rate.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Now, the growing popularity of AI search with consumers threatens to reverse that progress.
    — Dax Dasilva, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of threatens
Verb
  • The milder weather also makes theme park adventures even more successful.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This year’s menu will include old favorites and new taste adventures.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of adventures
Noun
  • Cheng Xin / Getty Images Both sides will hold regular talks on potential investment opportunities and barriers, enhancing policy transparency and predictability, and responding to enterprises’ concerns, the ministry said.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The flood also has had knock-on effects, including panic buying of food, disrupted supply chains for food and other items, and staffing problems at various enterprises whose employees were unable to get to their jobs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of enterprises
Noun
  • The account reportedly had one follower which was Tatum, further fueling speculations.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Such speculations reflect the richness of possibilities that the new work opens up.
    — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of speculations

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“Ventures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventures. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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