How to Use in the business of in a Sentence

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  • Dell wants to be very much in the business of the former.
    Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This is arguably the best time to be in the business of women’s sports.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • James Arthur has found himself in the business of love!
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • America was back in the business of killing the guilty.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Builders are in the business of building and selling homes.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Cities shouldn’t be in the business of paying for road buildouts.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Phil Oh has been in the business of capturing street style since 2006.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Ballard was in the business of taking an off-the-ball linebacker at 8.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The Canadian brand is in the business of keeping all things cozy.
    Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
  • This proved that Harrison was in the business of pawning weapons to Brown, the lawyer argued.
    Jeff Maysh, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Maria Shriver is in the business of making her children's dreams come true.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • This is how, in the age of virality, an artist can still be in the business of empire-building.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
  • It can be said that all businesses are in the business of making money.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
  • Harvard, which is in the business of making fine distinctions, has lost me yet again.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024
  • That’s a recipe for turmoil in the business of entertainment.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But TikTok is not in the business of giving away giant teddy bears.
    WIRED, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Now without their top two receivers, the Chargers would appear to be in the business of drafting a wideout in April.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • These professionals are in the business of agency, of putting autonomy in the hands of cast and crew on a stage or set.
    Alaina Demopoulos, Allure, 19 Nov. 2022
  • And the top one was really that Starbucks is in the business of human connection.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Because, presumably, Mrs. Cohen was not in the business of using a loan against their home to keep Trump out of trouble.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • The husband-and-wife team have been in the business of baking for the past four years, but relocated to their new 247 Amherst Street location last year.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Companies are not in the business of employing lots of people.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Daryll Straughter and Eladio Niño were in the business of keeping people safe in downtown Detroit.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Insurers are for-profit firms in the business of covering the cost of a wide array of incidents.
    Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Off to the airport DHL, the global shipping company, is not in the business of moving animals.
    Jason Gulley Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But Marvel has never been in the business of being average.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But Hollywood isn’t in the business of telling a satisfying story over the course of a single episode anymore.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • But the revival industry is not in the business of interesting.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Any public statement by Prigozhin, who claims openly to be in the business of disinformation, should be taken with a grain of salt, Rid said.
    Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • How could the government not be in the business of responding to this gun violence disaster?
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024

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