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But the triumph also depends on a delicate balance between various players — the government, businesspeople, philanthropists, and academics.
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Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
The film is a symphony of voices, featuring recent interviews with many of the original participants—businesspeople, union leaders, political officials—along with archival clips documenting key events and conveying the tone of the times.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
That was based in part on the 2024 ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute’s annual survey of government officials, academics, journalists, nonprofit employees, businesspeople, and staff from regional or international organizations across the region.
—Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
All the board members — the Tuckers and several other farmers and businesspeople — had known one another for years.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
The film is a symphony of voices, featuring recent interviews with many of the original participants—businesspeople, union leaders, political officials—along with archival clips documenting key events and conveying the tone of the times.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
That was based in part on the 2024 ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute’s annual survey of government officials, academics, journalists, nonprofit employees, businesspeople, and staff from regional or international organizations across the region.
—Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
All the board members — the Tuckers and several other farmers and businesspeople — had known one another for years.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for businesspeople
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“Businesspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/businesspeople. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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businesspeople
plural noun
busi·ness·peo·ple
-ˌspē-pəl 
: persons active in business
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