How to Use free enterprise in a Sentence

free enterprise

noun
  • Now free enterprise could flourish, and the rising tide would lift all boats, etc.
    — Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 23 Apr. 2021
  • But free enterprise only works well if customers are not being tricked.
    — WSJ, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Can’t free enterprise bootstrap truly world-changing new tech all on its own?
    — Clive Thompson, Wired, 17 Jan. 2021
  • But as the Times pointed out, this whole thing has its roots and the time to build, free enterprise thinking.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
  • That bond is both tragic and liberating, as is all of free enterprise.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2018
  • His ultimate theme is that free enterprise is the key to giving everyone a leg up.
    — Fox News, 18 May 2018
  • The ensuing meltdown is less than a triumph of free enterprise.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The private sector and free enterprise are the fastest route to a better quality of life.
    — Kendall Qualls, Star Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
  • The party that favors free enterprise and begins to clean up the crony system could be the party that wins this group over.
    — WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
  • That’s free enterprise — but Broward would pony up $17 million for the land and closing costs.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And Dutcher isn’t the kind of coach to discourage or limit free enterprise.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Trump and others have accused it of politicized enforcement and called it a burden on free enterprise.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • And that cuts at the heart of America's commitment to free enterprise and free markets and free trade, et cetera.
    — CBS News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Still the strongest and promoting free enterprise over socialism, hands down.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 24 Mar. 2022
  • But neither has spoken out about the president’s more direct assault on free enterprise.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Bill Daniels was indeed a champion of free enterprise and a great philanthropist.
    — WSJ, 18 July 2017
  • There is perhaps no more central component to the free enterprise system than the profit margin.
    — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017
  • In their choice between defending free enterprise and making nice on the cocktail circuit, the drinks are winning.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Jumping in to free enterprise is like diving into a swimming pool before making sure there is water available in there.
    — Walter E Block, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Like many business executives, owe my success to the free enterprise system.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The award is given each year to a business leader who embodies and exemplifies the ideals of free enterprise.
    — Miles Socha, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Allowing companies the freedom to make decisions based on their own beliefs is a key tenet of free enterprise.
    — James Broughel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Foreman said the market is a great representation of free enterprise.
    — Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle, 4 June 2020
  • That is the foundation of the American free enterprise system.
    — Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • There are those struggling to eke out a bare existence in a barren land who have never heard of free enterprise, but who cherish the idea of independence.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 4 July 2018
  • Smith has never been the indefatigable champion of free enterprise imagined by his acolytes.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • While access to this promise has been granted slowly and unevenly, at its best, our nation has been a beacon of democracy and free enterprise.
    — Pete Stavros, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The problem for companies that play along is that the proponents of many progressive causes are hostile to free enterprise itself.
    — Andrew V. Abela, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2020
  • All of the candidates tout their devotion to gun rights, free enterprise, school choice, religious freedom and law enforcement.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2021
  • At the end of the day, that is what a single company or all of free enterprise is about – human productivity and contribution.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025

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