initiative

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The airport’s long-awaited Automated People Mover system will begin running without passengers Monday, according to airport executive Jake Adams, who is overseeing a $5.5-billion initiative to improve access at LAX.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Another key initiative: heavy spending to compete with other satellite companies in space—in particular Elon Musk’s space-based broadband company, Starlink Services.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Officials point to the announcement by Germany and the U.K. last month of a joint project to develop stealthy cruise missiles and hypersonic weapons as an example of the new initiative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

However, in the tie-break, Sinner upped his first serves and after squandering the first of two set points, an Alcaraz double fault gave him the initiative in the match.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

What they sought was not so much a radical restructuring of South African society as the removal of those features of apartheid that held back black initiative and enterprise.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane