be in business

Example Sentences

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Allen called the suits “frivolous,” saying, “I couldn’t be in business if I actually conducted myself that way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“We want to be in business with Las Culturistas, and with Matt and Bowen specifically, for a long time to come,” Pearson says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"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