risk-taking

Example Sentences

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“The first is an excess of speculative risk-taking that skews the distribution of market outcomes to the downside,” he said.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Entitled “Winning the Loser’s Game,” the book described two types of contests — winner’s games and loser’s games — that differ according to whether risk-taking is necessary to win.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Douglas Rintoul, chief executive and artistic director at the New Wolsey, said its success was "a powerful reminder that risk-taking new work is being created in regional theatres".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Medical miracles depend on risk-taking, not on risk-free litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

McCandless, in his fashion, merely took risk-taking to its logical extreme.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer