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businessman

[biz-nis-man] / ˈbɪz nɪsˌmæn /


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Pulido's arrest comes just two months after Alex Saab, another Colombian businessman with close ties to the Venezuelan government, pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in a US court.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Magic Johnson is relentlessly positive, a quality that has served him well as a player, a businessman and even while living with HIV since 1991.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The prominent local businessman furiously denied the allegations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Maniscalco is an incredible businessman, and a pioneer in the craft of shouting a premise and then pausing until the audience agrees it’s a punchline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mollie and others began to harbor suspicions about Anna’s ex-husband, Oda Brown, who called himself a businessman but spent most of his time carousing.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The most elaborately staged, and very funny, scene is one in which Ha-Chan and Fedir are out walking when they get bumped into by a small group of rude businessmen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Over the weekend, Reform announced that it had received two donations of £36m each from wealthy businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, who are both British but have until recently lived abroad.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

In Malta, home to 70,000 offshore companies and the headquarters of some of the world’s largest gambling groups, she wielded her pen against ministers and businessmen.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger, successful businessmen by any measure, paid $12.5 billion for the Lakers, easily the highest price ever for a sports franchise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

They headed up Church Street, a wide avenue crowded with businessmen in top hats and beggars and fancy ladies in wide skirts.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older


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