businesspeople
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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All the investors located in China or Russia that ProPublica identified appeared to be either wealthy businesspeople or their children.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
“It’s been very difficult because we are filmmakers by vocation, but we are businesspeople by necessity,” said Arturo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Also, Trump administration officials and businesspeople have met with other members of the Castro family, such as Raul Castro's grandson, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Names like Hugh Hefner, James B. Duke and Adolphus Busch are widely known but are rarely if ever suggested for our pool of great American entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The commercial potential for the stuff–which soon became known as phosphorus, from Greek and Latin roots meaning "light bearing"–was not lost on eager businesspeople, but the difficulties of manufacture made it too costly to exploit.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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