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Their children are also getting into the family biz. Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026 Music biz veteran Shelby Meade and Davis’ longtime lawyer Linda Lichter have also come on board as producer and executive producer, respectively. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026 Robinson, a longtime consultant and educator in the whiskey biz and author of The Complete Whiskey Course, is a great storyteller. Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Devak Shah, who spent five years in biz dev at NBCUniversal before leading strategy at interactive media startup Hellosaurus, has been hired as Vice’s exec vice president of strategy. Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biz

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First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of biz was in 1861

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“Biz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biz. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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