initiative
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Former England captain Millie Bright has helped hand out new kit to grassroots football teams in Leeds as part of an initiative aimed at keeping girls in sport for longer.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Nvidia paused some deals in a new financing initiative that offered credit support to artificial-intelligence cloud providers in exchange for a share of revenue, The Wall Street Journal reported in late August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
COP31 host Turkey is championing a voluntary initiative to accelerate the electrification of transport, buildings and industry, with a target of raising electricity's share of global energy consumption to 35 percent by 2035.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
USC has an AI for Media & Storytelling initiative that explores the impact of generative AI on journalism and cinema.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Fischer plunged into the game with his trusted and thoroughly analyzed opening, the Ruy López, instantly seizing the initiative and generating pressure in the center squares.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The researchers drew on imaging information collected through several major research initiatives, including the Open Access Series of Imaging Studies, the Harvard Aging Brain Study, and the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
These creative state-led initiatives put employers in the driver’s seat for developing and recruiting early-career workers for their industries.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
DoorDash’s capital expenditures last year were about 4% of what Walmart U.S. spent on supply chain, customer-facing initiatives and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Dhillon’s success in those initiatives was middling at best — and in some areas disastrous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
“We had to think,” he later wrote, “about initiatives that we could undertake to show the enemy that we were still serious about our commitments in Vietnam.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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