private enterprise

noun

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Yet unlike private enterprise, government must balance efficiency with its core responsibilities: serving the public and ensuring public safety. Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 His underlying theory was that the Great Depression showed individual Americans need help from the federal government, and the country’s well-being requires greater regulation of private enterprise. Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025 China: Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, met yesterday with Chinese business leaders in what was seen as a show of support for private enterprise. Natasha Frost, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 Space travel is heating up, both by NASA and private enterprises, with bold adventurers and scientists looking to eventually send humans to Mars. Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for private enterprise

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First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of private enterprise was in 1789

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“Private enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20enterprise. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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