free enterprise
noun
: freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance
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This is neither a free speech nor free enterprise message.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
His legacy imparts an uplifting lesson in free enterprise for Black Americans this Black History Month.
—Butch Meily, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
Or, put a different way, One Hundred Years of Solitude is the six-generation story of the Buendía clan, founders of the town of Macondo, built on cousin-loving, free enterprise, secular kindness and dreams.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
The tipping fee for dumping into the trash dump of the sky would go worldwide, and free enterprise would deliver innovation at speed and scale as greener becomes cheaper compared to dirty made accountable.
—Bob Inglis, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
His legacy imparts an uplifting lesson in free enterprise for Black Americans this Black History Month.
—Butch Meily, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
Or, put a different way, One Hundred Years of Solitude is the six-generation story of the Buendía clan, founders of the town of Macondo, built on cousin-loving, free enterprise, secular kindness and dreams.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
The tipping fee for dumping into the trash dump of the sky would go worldwide, and free enterprise would deliver innovation at speed and scale as greener becomes cheaper compared to dirty made accountable.
—Bob Inglis, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Free enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20enterprise. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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