How to pronounce initiatives
Listen to initiatives in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“initiatives” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 747 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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just for legislative initiatives or Congressional initiatives.
US National Archives · watch from 110:47 · hear it here
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for workforce or diversity initiatives or training initiatives.
NIH · watch from 33:20 · hear it here
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breastfeeding initiatives.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 60:46 · hear it here
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other planning initiatives.
FEMA · watch from 31:20 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of initiatives. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.