- plural of business.
businesses
Example Sentences
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The lawsuit focused on the merger’s effects on theater and cable distributions, but both are shrinking businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
There’s a huge bulge in the population from the baby boom, and a lot of those people are approaching retirement and own private businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The governor said he was “reluctant to impose rigid reporting requirements” on “this critically important digital infrastructure” without understanding the full impact on the businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
No evidence was found to suggest that they visited any nightclubs or local businesses in the area at the time, police said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
That same month, North Carolina’s liberal governor, Terry Sanford, tried to improve race relations in his state by creating a biracial Good Neighbor Council, charged with persuading white businesses to hire more blacks.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
