businesspeople
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Many are businesspeople praying for prosperity and dealmaking luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Suspending tariffs would help "our businesspeople who are facing very difficult times because of the effects of the earthquake," De la Espriella said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
Chemistry was, generally speaking, a science for businesspeople, for those who worked with coal and potash and dyes, and not gentlemen, who tended to be drawn to geology, natural history, and physics.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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