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businesses

  • plural
    of business.
    business
    noun
    an occupation, profession, or trade.

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“We have record high businesses that have gone out of business, bankruptcies, businesses that are leaving, family bankruptcies are at an all-time high,” Drazan said, exaggerating some.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron said: "Those who have broken, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses, looted even our town halls, will be prosecuted and punished."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Japanese businesses have urged the government to come up with a comprehensive policy to support foreign residents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

And its strategy for selling them makes it relatively unique among the businesses benefiting most from the world’s unprecedented AI infrastructure build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I turned down the street after it, weaving my way through the familiar sprawl of tenements and small businesses.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros