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
Not since “Cats” has there been a more misguided yet enterprising work of big-budget, intellectual property cinema.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The Northampton back row was included in the starting XV for the first time after seven enterprising cameos as a replacement.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Jordan Firstman plays Charlie, an enterprising celebrity stylist.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
Imogene was all the things I said she was, and more, and they were good things to be—depending on who it was doing the inventing or the creating or the enterprising.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Vocabulary lists containing enterprising
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 1
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