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as in endangered
to place in danger
don't venture more money than you can afford to lose
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as in risked
to take a chance on
ventured to speak plainly at the meeting
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Recent Examples of ventured
All the possible locations are further south than any of the Apollo astronauts landed or ventured, according to NASA.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Several more locations opened up across Colorado before the brand eventually ventured into a few other states (Arizona, Utah and beyond).
—Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
For Showalter, whose past work has rarely ventured this far into fear, the challenge will be sustaining a coherent tone without losing the emotional highs and lows that define Hoover as a storyteller.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026
Trivariate's Adam Parker ventured a similar guess, seeing an opportunity for investors to generate more profit as Nvidia's market cap rises toward $10 trillion by 2030 from its current level of more than $5 trillion.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Still, among the more than 100 billion people who have walked the Earth in human history, the Artemis II astronauts have ventured farther from the cradle than anyone else.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026
Set the scene Anyone who’s ventured to Staten Island or Governor’s Island by ferry—or driven through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel—has seen the Battery Maritime Building on the edge of the East River.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Rina ventured out with Suki and started taking in the space with clear confidence, already showing off some independence from her mother.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
Together, the three deals have reshaped a company that as recently as early 2025 had never ventured meaningfully beyond North America.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Several more locations opened up across Colorado before the brand eventually ventured into a few other states (Arizona, Utah and beyond).
—Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
For Showalter, whose past work has rarely ventured this far into fear, the challenge will be sustaining a coherent tone without losing the emotional highs and lows that define Hoover as a storyteller.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026
Trivariate's Adam Parker ventured a similar guess, seeing an opportunity for investors to generate more profit as Nvidia's market cap rises toward $10 trillion by 2030 from its current level of more than $5 trillion.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Still, among the more than 100 billion people who have walked the Earth in human history, the Artemis II astronauts have ventured farther from the cradle than anyone else.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026
Set the scene Anyone who’s ventured to Staten Island or Governor’s Island by ferry—or driven through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel—has seen the Battery Maritime Building on the edge of the East River.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Rina ventured out with Suki and started taking in the space with clear confidence, already showing off some independence from her mother.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
Together, the three deals have reshaped a company that as recently as early 2025 had never ventured meaningfully beyond North America.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventured
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The lakes in the American West are major refueling points for more than three hundred different bird species, some of them endangered, along the Pacific Flyway, the migratory route extending from Alaska to Patagonia.—
Rosa Lyster,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Scientific research, long a cornerstone of American economic progress, has been increasingly endangered by the White House’s warped priorities.—
Shawn Fain,
Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Some Russians this week risked their freedom by petitioning authorities to lift restrictions.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The physicians of American Doctor risked their lives to perform emergency surgeries on children like Hind Rajab who have been gravely injured in shelling, bombing and other attacks by the Israel Defense Forces.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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Iranian forces have laid mines and threatened commercial traffic in the narrow waterway.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the communion’s largest and fastest-growing churches in Africa belong to a conservative group called the Global Anglican Future Conference, or Gafcon, which has sharply criticized her appointment and threatened a final break.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Ventured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventured. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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