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

“I told her when she put all those flags out there that as a business person, it’s probably not the best idea — because some flags trigger people,” Stuhr said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023

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

At home I'm an art lover, revelling in the treasures I have succeeded in collecting; here I am a vulgar business person, occupied in the undignified task of making money.

From Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst by Broadhurst, George Howells