How to Use business in a Sentence

business

noun
  • He has the skills necessary to run a business.
  • She works in the publishing business.
  • Do we have any other business we need to discuss?
  • The town is trying to attract new businesses.
  • The store has lost a significant amount of business since the factory closed.
  • Their publishing company is the best in the business.
  • David has decided to go into business with his brother.
  • They advertised to increase business.
  • No, I didn't ask him what he wanted the car for. That's his business.
  • I have to go to New York City on business next week.
  • In many people’s eyes, the Niners had no business being in Philly in the first place.
    Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Caddie’s main business is in commercial carts for French grocery chains.
    Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Cereal from the business was historically delivered to the royals in a small van called Genevieve, the palace said.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In 2018, the family sold the business to Dave Grossman and Dan Yates.
    Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • When Councilor John Santanella asked for details, Borgia said the business would be strongest in the summer.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The business is the most indebted developer in the world and has for years been trying to scramble for cash to pay back its $300 billion in liabilities.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • This isn't the first time the business has been on the road.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But baseball is a tough business at the end of the day.
    Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023
  • But first, this kid is business in the front, party in the back.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The lawyers talk to business people who talk to the PR folks, who talk to the media.
    Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • The cost would be high, but a deal like that would be more in line with the way the Guards do business.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 30 July 2022
  • The drought of business forced her to lay off 170 staff members.
    Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Your body and your goals are your business, and no one else’s.
    SELF, 10 Jan. 2019
  • And Ross has made more money in the same business as Trump.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Séramy said his business was one of the early victims of the crises.
    Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Here, even tourists get caught up in the flow of business as usual.
    Anna Winger, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2016
  • Lastly, some good news from the evil realm of business.
    Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 8 Feb. 2019
  • Hopkins says her business has tripled in the past three years.
    Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • The company intends to raise additional funds through public or private offerings to support its operations and business plan.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The Lionsgate board of directors recommends approval of the plan of agreement for the formal separation of the studios business and Starz.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024

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