initiative
Example Sentences
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While he remained an advocate for Burslem's ceramics heritage, he said the town could not rely on it for its regeneration and needed to get behind initiatives like so-called "Burslemmy".
From BBC
The arrests were made as part of a joint initiative between Italy's counter-terror police and financial police.
From BBC
“That being said, it’s not a cut-and-paste kind of reform. There are serious design and implementation details that matter for realizing the promise of these sorts of initiatives.”
From Los Angeles Times
Voters in Tacoma, Wash., sought to help renters a few years go by passing a ballot initiative that restricted tenant evictions.
The administration is ceding power back to states as well as instituting programs to encourage more state initiatives.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
