entrepreneurs

noun

plural of entrepreneur
as in businessmen
a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money

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Recent Examples of entrepreneurs The entrepreneurs who build something lasting are not always the most talented. — Cody Bjugan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Win prizes playing interactive games, network with artists and entrepreneurs and enjoy signature drinks and bar snacks available for purchase. — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 1 July 2026 David Senra turned his obsession with studying great entrepreneurs into the podcast series Founders. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 July 2026 Instead of shipping the goods themselves, private Cuban entrepreneurs use Katapulk to sell and deliver goods to customers. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Huang has homes in Santa Clara County and a $38 million mansion in San Francisco, where his neighbors include entrepreneurs Larry Ellison and David Sachs. — Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 The series, which sees entrepreneurs pitching their companies to a panel of multi-millionaire and billionaire investors, is produced by MGM Television, a division of Amazon MGM Studios, in association with Sony Pictures Television. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneurs
  1. merchants
  2. traders
  3. buyers
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  • The history of checkout is about merchants leveraging data signals that were once invisible to them.
    — Nandan Sheth, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Colonial merchants were especially upset that the act allowed the East India Company to undercut their tea business.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026
Definition of merchants
Noun
  • But traders have been engaged in significant currency hedging, putting downward pressure on the yen, according to the Financial Times.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • Woods said traders should watch the $148-$150 level on PepsiCo.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of traders
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  • Trade-in buyers with negative equity financed $11,164 more than the typical new car buyer.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Definition of buyers

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