enterprising

Example Sentences

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It is symbolic of your enterprising younger self, and all of those fancy cars and five-star vacations that you passed up on, perhaps using that money as a down payment on your next property instead.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

One drawback of Wales' enterprising style under Bellamy is the way in which it can leave them defensively vulnerable.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Not since “Cats” has there been a more misguided yet enterprising work of big-budget, intellectual property cinema.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

For enterprising men, money from war, industry or trade was a passport through social frontiers—the tradesman, merchant or lucky naval captain could become a landed gentleman, as happens in Austen’s novels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Then, the ones that weren’t carried off in the wind or dragged to the ground by the rain could be removed by people—or by enterprising squirrels.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate