How to Use risk-taking in a Sentence

risk-taking

noun
  • What does that do to risk-taking?
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
  • And risk-taking, for them, is in the trying.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The film taught him a lesson in risk-taking — but off the track.
    — Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • That risk-taking is paying off.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This mantra also has shaped his approach to risk-taking.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The evening included risk-taking and avant-garde looks as well.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In other words, this is not venture-style risk-taking.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The intelligent form of risk-taking can add joy to life.
    — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
  • No play of Shakespeare’s seems to inspire so much risk-taking.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Beyond that, boredom is found to increase risk-taking, which can be good thing.
    — Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2023
  • Now, our risk-taking has to be rational, but everything is a risk.
    — Matt Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Such risk-taking contributed to Good’s death.
    — Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But that’s just a testament to his range and risk-taking as a performer steeped in song and theater.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In larger pools, strategic risk-taking can help separate you from the pack.
    — Kilty Cleary, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Patents reflect both creative output and risk-taking.
    — Stephen J. Smulowitz, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Against that backdrop, risk-taking is not a choice but a necessity.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The risk-taking attitude at the time was measured and thoughtful.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • There’s still room for inventiveness, for risk-taking.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, his risk-taking is one of the (many) reasons fans and stylists alike find his celebrity so magnetic.
    — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And that’s because, frankly, there just isn’t the risk-taking happening in this market that there once was.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Banks could go back to taking big chances in a few years, because the rules that enabled that risk-taking remain in place.
    — Peter Coy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • That said, the collections as a whole felt rather safe and commercial, with less creative risk-taking.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
  • To be in this environment now, creative risk-taking is the mandate.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The lack of risk-taking has helped keep a lid on financial flows, while supply levers have averted the worst hit to the market.
    — Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • Badgley wasn't the only man unafraid of a little risk-taking.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Berkshire shares lag the broader market in the past six month as sentiment shifted back to risk-taking.
    — Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Be intentional with your risk-taking.
    — Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Heroism in battle and risk-taking in the killing of dangerous game are two examples.
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But what’s responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around puberty?
    — Lauren Sarringhaus, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
  • At United, that same risk-taking has frequently looked reckless.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025

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