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
Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard to be a risk-taker to make a greater creative difference for the side.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
‘Piper McLean,’ she grumbled, ‘that was without a doubt the dumbest risk I’ve ever seen anyone take, and I date a dumb risk-taker.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
