be in business

Example Sentences

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“We don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t be in business forever,” the NBA’s chief marketing officer said then.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“Our members reserve the right to not be in business with representatives who are operating in an unfair conflict of interest, who are operating in bad faith,” Astin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

"I'm a realist, I think in 10 years we won't be in business," says Michael Kegel.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

I didn't want to have a model agency or be in business on my own.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

Which means that Don Walter’s hotel might not be in business without indigenas.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau