bold initiative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofboldandinitiative
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bold
adjective
uk/bəʊld/us/boʊld/
not frightened ...
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initiative
noun
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.t̬ɪv/
a new plan or process to achieve something or solve ...
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(Definition ofboldandinitiativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Plague induced a widespread elite consensus that aboldinitiativewas required to 'clean up' the city.
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Carry on in theboldinitiativethat you have started.
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To me the tragedy is that this sort ofboldinitiativewas not taken months, in fact years, ago.
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I should have thought that the biggest structural change to the railways in decades was a major andboldinitiative.
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The time has come for a frank acknowledgement of past errors and aboldinitiativefor the future.
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Are they prepared to take aboldinitiativenow?
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He did not say that that was aboldinitiativewhich, in many cases, has helped children with less academic records.
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The industry should be warmly congratulated on what is a fairlyboldinitiative.
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It is aboldinitiativewhich is required and it will require courageous decisions on the part of the government.
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This is a veryboldinitiative.
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It was aboldinitiativeand a correct one.
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But this is aboldinitiativeand, once entered into, it will place the powers of management of the building into the leaseholders' hands without cost to them.
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The council took aboldinitiativeand certainly demonstrated leadership in embarking on a school reorganisation that involved the closure of 24 schools and the removal of 10,000 surplus places.
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Experience of such issues shows that one must take aboldinitiativeand put on the table a detailed package which no one faction wall find totally favourable.
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Thisboldinitiativeresulted in many historic firsts in video game history.
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During this time he was promoted to major and hisboldinitiativeon outpost duty won a commendation.
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Nixon and his aides wanted to ensure that coverage of the trip emphasized theboldinitiativeand offered dramatic imagery.
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All that is now changing, and the institute has suggested advanced and bold initiatives for making itself more attractive.
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And it is our responsibility, as political leaders, to conceive bold initiatives in order to make this happen.
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Success comes to the civil servant, not from taking bold initiatives, but from avoiding anomalies, mistakes or decisions which cannot be publicly justified.
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