business English
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Example Sentences
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Headwinds have always blown around in business English, but the phrase economic headwinds serves a special purpose: a majestic waving of the hand, an abandon to the fates, an inkling of force majeure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Now his eldest son, Mikio, is learning business English in preparation for trips across the Pacific to explain the finer points of sake appreciation to a largely uninitiated clientele.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2017
Even so, he ruled, it is permissible only "in business English and Army English, if there is any excuse for the existence of these bastard twins."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Travelers Companies, a Hartford, Conn., insurance firm, conducts training programs in modern office skills and business English.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the pursuit of brevity too many pupils in business English make the mistake of writing altogether too little to get the reader's attention; and if his attention is not aroused, the letter fails.
From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose
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