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initiative

[ih-nish-uh-tiv, ih-nish-ee-uh-] / ɪˈnɪʃ ə tɪv, ɪˈnɪʃ i ə- /


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In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday evening, President Trump said that he has agreed to pause “Project Freedom,” the administration’s initiative to facilitate the passage of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The initiative could scale into a $25 billion business and broaden Amazon’s logistics footprint, Baird analyst Colin Sebastian said in a note.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

“For this initiative we’re asking, ‘How can we connect the history of performance art to contemporary artists?’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

A biannual political forum, the EPC was established on the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron in 2022 in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

So pleasant was her company that my father, a man loaded with initiative, decided to see what he could do to turn his vision into reality.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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