How to Use the business in a Sentence

the business

noun
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  • There were very few women in the business, and this was the norm at the time.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
  • New threads of the business have been built up over time.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Soon after Daniel died, Mary joined her to run the business.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • With Walter out of the way, Claudia thinks she’ll be left to take over the business.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
  • But the business couldn’t grow fast enough from just video messages.
    — Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The footage shows the man pacing inside the business with their hand concealed in a bag.
    — Doc Louallen, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • For a lot of places, permanence is no longer a part of the business model.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Unions are lining up in support of the bill, while the business groups have opposed it.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Three years later she’d be found dead in the courtyard of their home, and by 1997 the business was bankrupt.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The hours of operation for the business would be from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.
    — Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The more people that invest, the more money goes to the people higher up in the business's chain.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The three brothers, all in their 20s, now run the business together.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Officially rock is dead in terms of the business and record sales.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a hazard of the business in minor-league hockey.
    — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This range plus the impressive speeds makes AT&T Fiber the best internet in the business.
    — Stefanie Waldek, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Tell us how your children are really a part of the business.
    — Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Around the house, the business, the farm, or the garden, the humble garden hose is one of the most important tools for outdoor chores.
    — Kate Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
  • If anything, the evidence on hand suggests that this is part of the business plan.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And then that’s how Lisa gets her money to kind of put into other areas of the business.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And if that is the case, some of Washington’s old hands say, Mr. Biden and Congress could still focus on the business at hand.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Once the business is complete or has some results in motion, feel free to ask the clients for some reviews.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • With the new strategic partner, the intention is to further expand and grow the business and the Slows Bar BQ brand.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
  • Gailar, now the business' managing partner, and the team got the keys in September 2021.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2023
  • This is the web version of Data Sheet, a daily newsletter on the business of tech.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The shooter then approached the store and fired multiple rounds into the business.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The robbers inside the business were forced to flee on foot before two of them were arrested.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Vicky said being rooted in San Diego has had a huge influence on the business.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But having almost a lifelong partner like Pam has just changed the business for me.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Neither the business nor its owners could be reached for comment.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Though Vernon was happy to have both of her sons spend time in the business, the last two decades of the 20th century would prove difficult.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023

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