How to Use free enterprise in a Sentence

free enterprise

noun
  • If free enterprise has lost the power to inspire the U.S.
    Alexander William Salter, WSJ, 20 May 2021
  • The lower price is a product of the free enterprise system.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Now free enterprise could flourish, and the rising tide would lift all boats, etc.
    Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The party that favors free enterprise and begins to clean up the crony system could be the party that wins this group over.
    WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The private sector and free enterprise are the fastest route to a better quality of life.
    Kendall Qualls, Star Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
  • And that cuts at the heart of America's commitment to free enterprise and free markets and free trade, et cetera.
    CBS News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • And Dutcher isn’t the kind of coach to discourage or limit free enterprise.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • His ultimate theme is that free enterprise is the key to giving everyone a leg up.
    Fox News, 18 May 2018
  • The ensuing meltdown is less than a triumph of free enterprise.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
  • That bond is both tragic and liberating, as is all of free enterprise.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Can’t free enterprise bootstrap truly world-changing new tech all on its own?
    Clive Thompson, Wired, 17 Jan. 2021
  • But free enterprise only works well if customers are not being tricked.
    WSJ, 18 Mar. 2018
  • In their choice between defending free enterprise and making nice on the cocktail circuit, the drinks are winning.
    Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Bill Daniels was indeed a champion of free enterprise and a great philanthropist.
    WSJ, 18 July 2017
  • That is the foundation of the American free enterprise system.
    Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Li, an advocate of free enterprise, was forced out as the No. 2 party leader in October.
    Joe McDonald, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Blanton did not say whether UK is considering changing the name of the free enterprise institute or the atrium.
    Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2018
  • There is perhaps no more central component to the free enterprise system than the profit margin.
    Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017
  • There are those struggling to eke out a bare existence in a barren land who have never heard of free enterprise, but who cherish the idea of independence.
    Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 4 July 2018
  • The Storkels’ dark romp is a tragi-comedy about the limits of free enterprise and the obstinacy of an eccentric genius.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
  • The Kochs have wanted Americans to understand the value of free enterprise, when the flow of education is often the other way.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Allowing companies the freedom to make decisions based on their own beliefs is a key tenet of free enterprise.
    James Broughel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Grogg says this is exactly what Hoosiers for Medical Liberty is worried about, and why the issue isn’t just about free enterprise.
    Margaret Menge, Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2021
  • This country, our system of government and free enterprise have allowed them to prosper and flourish.
    Emily Caron, SI.com, 2 July 2019
  • Still the strongest and promoting free enterprise over socialism, hands down.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Sadly, Intel, an icon of free enterprise and Silicon Valley success, has its hand out.
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The problem for companies that play along is that the proponents of many progressive causes are hostile to free enterprise itself.
    Andrew V. Abela, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2020
  • For our democracy, for our system of free enterprise that has pulled so many of our brothers and sisters around the world out of poverty, for our commitment to religious freedom.
    Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But by the end of this year, the city government could spend up to $39 million, according to an estimate by the Common Sense Institute, a Colorado think tank that supports free enterprise.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
  • That’s tragic, not only for TikTok’s millions of avid American fans but also for the greater cause of innovation and free enterprise.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024

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