private enterprise

noun

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Across virtually every market, region and industry, hackers are using deepfakes to supercharge cyberattacks against private enterprises. Eyal Benishti, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 For as the spirit of American private enterprise would have it, the U.S. is the world's leading crude oil producer, currently routinely producing well north of 13 million barrels per day. Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Congress broke up the national energy company and began contracting with private enterprises to build new power generation, especially dams and solar farms. Nicholas Kusnetz, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2024 Some figures on the right wing of British politics believe that the BBC has limited the space for private enterprise in the British media industry while also displaying an inherent left-wing political bias in its domestic programming. Simon J. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for private enterprise 

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

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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 22 Dec. 2024.

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