How to Use initiative in a Sentence

initiative

noun
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  • 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.
  • What are the goals of the initiative and other efforts?
    — Julia Barajas, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • What are some of the highlights of the cost-savings initiative?
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Cohen in the past has said that the payment was made on his own initiative.
    — Tom Hays, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2018
  • The initiative isn’t the first of its kind in New York City.
    — Charles Passy, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • Obama has been back in the public eye this year thanks to some big projects and initiatives.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 28 Dec. 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 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
  • To learn more about the initiative and make a donation, click here.
    — Rachel Epstein, Men's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The tweet didn't give further details on the initiative.
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The games also will serve as a major health initiative for the athletes.
    — Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The law’s initiatives are funded by a mixture of state and local funds.
    — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The case is part of the Project Safe Childhood initiative.
    — Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Mr Schwab says that most of the initiatives have been successful.
    — The Economist, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The era of daring, new initiatives has passed at the IRS.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2020
  • That initiative would include some of the same provisions as the current bill.
    — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 22 June 2018
  • Giorgi, embracing the initiative and the risks, even managed to win the first set.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 10 July 2018
  • The initiative, however laudable, is just the tip of the iceberg.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The effort to speed up fire support is one of a handful initiatives that Lt.
    — Elias Groll, Wired, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Vega is the third person charged under the initiative, the statement said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • That means the strategic initiative on the battlefield right now is with the Taliban.
    — CBS News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Mace said that their initiative is about the American dream.
    — Fox News, 12 Dec. 2019
  • There were a lot of layers to this initiative, just like there were a lot of panels in those stunning windows.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2021
  • 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
  • Chick-fil-A has pledged $9 million to each of the three initiatives.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Make sure everyone is aware of the initiative so there are no surprises.
    — Danny Asnani, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • To be sure, significant initiative from a wide range of parties would be needed to get this idea off of the ground.
    — David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2021

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