business agent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of business agent
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Meta had been testing the business agent in some countries in a limited capacity before Wednesday’s launch and said it already has one million businesses using it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“It’s important that we get the women working right away when they get out,” said Heather Kurtenbach, a formerly incarcerated business agent at Ironworkers Local 86 in Tukwila.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024
She later became a business agent and organizer for the Hollywood Teamsters local.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
Over the next eight years, he was a business agent, contract director and publications editor for the Service Employees International Union.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2023
I have become the business agent of the family, and have heard within this hour that papa is deeply involved.
From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred
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