mean business
Example Sentences
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I was usually the only one in the weights room but Alex and Emmanuel would come in and do work-outs and I remember thinking 'wow, they mean business'.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Drones and anti-drones mean business for a host of defense startups and established players.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Nearly a week after taking the keys to the battered media company, Ellison and his top executives met with reporters at the Paramount Pictures lot Wednesday to show that they mean business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
They showed why they mean business in Switzerland, beating Wales 6-1 after a crucial 4-0 win over the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
Math was my specialty—you spend enough time at the cash register and you learn to love numbers, because each and every one means dollars and cents, and enough of those mean business is booming.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
