risk-taking
Americannoun
adjective
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Despite strong earnings, concerns include speculative risk-taking, potential Fed rate hikes, rising inflation, and long-term AI profit uncertainty.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Of course, profit and risk-taking are core to how all innovation happens, and that’s a good thing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Businesses championed new technologies in a bout of risk-taking with few equivalents in a region dominated by older industries and ambivalent about tech.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Douglas Rintoul, chief executive and artistic director at the New Wolsey, said its success was "a powerful reminder that risk-taking new work is being created in regional theatres".
From BBC • May 10, 2026
McCandless, in his fashion, merely took risk-taking to its logical extreme.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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