enterprising

Example Sentences

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And they must seem intelligent without actually being enterprising enough to stand out from the crowd of near-identical films.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Despite Inter's enterprising start it was Atletico who took the lead, with Alvarez drilling home from close range when the ball deflected nicely for him.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

For enterprising men, money from war, industry or trade was a passport through social frontiers—the tradesman, merchant or lucky naval captain could become a landed gentleman, as happens in Austen’s novels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

By then, an enterprising police chief, Víctor Hugo Enríquez, had taken the reins of the state police at the behest of the governor of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

“He didn’t expect you to be enterprising enough to take pictures of the files and call the phone numbers and meet with me.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix