How to Use initiative in a Sentence

initiative

noun

• If you want to meet her, you're going to have to take the initiative and introduce yourself.
• The company has the opportunity to seize the initiative by getting its new products to the market before its competitors.
• The governor has proposed a new initiative to improve conditions in urban schools.
• The initiative isn’t the first of its kind in New York City.
  — Charles Passy, WSJ, 10 July 2019
• The era of daring, new initiatives has passed at the IRS.
  — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2020
• The case is part of the Project Safe Childhood initiative.
  — Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• Chick-fil-A has pledged $9 million to each of the three initiatives.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 18 Nov. 2019
• What are some of the highlights of the cost-savings initiative?
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
• What are the goals of the initiative and other efforts?
  — Julia Barajas, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
• Cohen in the past has said that the payment was made on his own initiative.
  — Tom Hays, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2018
• The day camp is part of the chess club’s initiative to get more girls interested in the game.
  — Zahria Rogers, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2018
• The studies, which will be done over the summer, will be the first phase of a greater initiative, Emmett said.
  — Kathleen McWilliams, Courant Community, 13 June 2018
• Obama has been back in the public eye this year thanks to some big projects and initiatives.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2018
• So far, Lance told me, the initiative was off to a strong, if limited, start.
  — Ted Conover, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• To learn more about the initiative and make a donation, click here.
  — Rachel Epstein, Men's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
• The onus is largely on companies to take initiative and close the pay gap once and for all.
  — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2019
• Make changes before someone asks you to or takes the initiative and beats you to the finish line.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2019
• The tweet didn't give further details on the initiative.
  — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2020
• Don’t wait for someone to ask you about a project; take the initiative to keep everyone up-to-date and on the same page.
  — Amy Blaschka, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• Mr Schwab says that most of the initiatives have been successful.
  — The Economist, 16 Jan. 2020
• The games also will serve as a major health initiative for the athletes.
  — Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
• Giorgi, embracing the initiative and the risks, even managed to win the first set.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 10 July 2018
• With his courage, initiative and raw power, Iggy Pop paved the way for punk and post-punk.
  — Fred Bronson, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2022
• That means the strategic initiative on the battlefield right now is with the Taliban.
  — CBS News, 2 Dec. 2020
• The effort to speed up fire support is one of a handful initiatives that Lt.
  — Elias Groll, Wired, 18 Dec. 2019
• The law’s initiatives are funded by a mixture of state and local funds.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• The initiative, however laudable, is just the tip of the iceberg.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• Reams of research tell us that the two initiatives are at odds with one another.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 12 Mar. 2024
• Mace said that their initiative is about the American dream.
  — Fox News, 12 Dec. 2019
• Vega is the third person charged under the initiative, the statement said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024