initiative
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Bass recently announced an initiative to repair and replace 60,000 streetlights over the next two years, and several council members have turned to their district’s discretionary funding to fix broken streetlights in their districts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Japan seeks to become an asset management superpower, mobilizing an estimated $7 trillion from savings into its stock market, including a new $2.3 trillion initiative.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Plans to cut prices at family attractions over the summer holidays will be a "wonderful initiative" to help more people visit, a business has said.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
The initiative included an exemption for units in religious facilities, which the court ruled violated the state constitution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
From then on Rebeca did not say another word to Amaranta, convinced that her initiative had not the innocence that she attempted to give it.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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