big business
noun
1
: an economic group consisting of large profit-making corporations especially with regard to their influence on social or political policy
2
: a very profitable enterprise
Examples of big business in a Sentence
The tax proposal will be of most benefit to big business.
Tourism is big business in the region.
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Authentic, of course, has proven its ability to build big businesses and quickly.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 11 May 2026
Hydration has become big business, with electrolyte powders showing up in gym bags, lunchboxes and travel kits across the country.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
The business and tourism this will bring in also will add jobs and more income to small and big businesses alike.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
These two companies— Broadcom and Marvell — help wean the big hyperscalers off a part of Nvidia and have hurt Nvidia’s stock the most, especially given that Anthropic runs mostly on Amazon’s chips; hence the big business there.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 May 2026
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 11 May 2026
Hydration has become big business, with electrolyte powders showing up in gym bags, lunchboxes and travel kits across the country.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
The business and tourism this will bring in also will add jobs and more income to small and big businesses alike.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
These two companies— Broadcom and Marvell — help wean the big hyperscalers off a part of Nvidia and have hurt Nvidia’s stock the most, especially given that Anthropic runs mostly on Amazon’s chips; hence the big business there.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 May 2026
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“Big business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20business. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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