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enterprising

[en-ter-prahy-zing] / ˈɛn tərˌpraɪ zɪŋ /


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Some enterprising Cubans with access to U.S. dollars are making a living during the instability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

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

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




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