business person

Example Sentences

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“If you can see that yesterday’s spend is driving this month’s growth, then as a good business person, you’re going to continue to feed the beast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But as a business person, she’s committed to waiting for the right time — when she can pay her producers well, deliver her highest-quality work and sell out a true headline tour.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

What was the hardest lesson you've had to learn in being a startup business person?

From Salon • May 13, 2023

“He was a legitimate business person wanting to invest in the movie.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

Then, too, we must have a credit rating among our fellow mortals, just the same as a business person must have credit rating among financial institutions.

From Laugh and Live by Fairbanks, Douglas