businesswoman
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Origin of businesswoman
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Ayinde, a Nigerian businesswoman with British citizenship, said she been encouraged by the west African country's security services to "play along" with those in government who were asking her for bribes.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
One of those victims, a businesswoman based in the south of France, said her misfortune began by clicking on an ad about investing in oil.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The businesswoman sold a controlling stake in her brand to Puig for more than $1 billion in 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Jones came to think of Mrs. Bennet as a businesswoman who needs to offload properties — four of them will get snapped up — but Mary’s not moving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
But when I’d glanced over the program schedule, I’d appreciated that a Native businesswoman had been highlighted as our closing-night speaker.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It retooled its diversity program, One Million Black Women, a multibillion-dollar commitment to invest in Black businesswomen and nonprofit leaders, including removing references to race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
It’s true: Other than “The Family Stone,” most Christmas movies are about dads, kids, perennially single, big city businesswomen who must return home to save the family ranch, or genderless Grinchfolk.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
Ms. Cruz-Rivas switched jobs to a limousine service, where her clientele of businesswomen and bachelorettes had no idea their upbeat driver slept in her car.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
She went on to become one of the most successful businesswomen in the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
Ahead of them, the woman leapt over piles of nets and slid, legs kicking, over the tops of wooden chests, squeezing between plump businesswomen and groups of confused travelers.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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