Example Sentences

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"Businessmen are losing money," he said, without giving an estimate of the damages.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

There’s a solid book by historian Mansel Blackford, “The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890-1920.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Businessmen from all over Europe would choose your port to set out from if they knew they could kneel at the altar of this champion of mariners.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

Businessmen such as Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into start-ups that try to extend human life, and plenty of pharmaceutical companies have raided universities for talent.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Businessmen, heads down, swinging neat thin leather briefcases.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson