risk-taker
- a word derived from risk-taking.
Example Sentences
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“If you are not a risk-taker, you are not in shipping,” Prokopiou told shipping publication Tradewinds in 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Newsom is more of a policy wonk, a greater risk-taker and is more willing to venture into challenging and even hostile settings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Slater, however, was a risk-taker, and aspired to be more than a factory hand.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
On the pitch, he remains Madrid's eternal risk-taker - capable of brilliance, chaos, and sometimes both in the same play.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
DELPHI: In fact, technically I’m endangering our entire operation . . . which is not... well, I’m not a natural risk-taker as you know.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
