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Some of the petition’s signatories were Democratic voters, but its loudest advocates were conservative businesspeople who resented the lockdown, and a campaign against the recall, led by the strategist Juan Rodriguez, painted the effort as a bad-faith Republican power grab.
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Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
A lot of the new material further enhanced the public’s understanding of Epstein’s ties to a wide array of Democratic figures, celebrities, and businesspeople.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
For the most part, the initial sorcerers who make agentic AI a workplace standard will be chief information officers, chief technology officers, and businesspeople who have a deep understanding of technology.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Perhaps most important, these countries have a weak government, so weak that foreign leaders and businesspeople can topple it easily to preserve their financial interests.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
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Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
A lot of the new material further enhanced the public’s understanding of Epstein’s ties to a wide array of Democratic figures, celebrities, and businesspeople.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
For the most part, the initial sorcerers who make agentic AI a workplace standard will be chief information officers, chief technology officers, and businesspeople who have a deep understanding of technology.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Perhaps most important, these countries have a weak government, so weak that foreign leaders and businesspeople can topple it easily to preserve their financial interests.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Businesspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/businesspeople. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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businesspeople
plural noun
busi·ness·peo·ple
-ˌspē-pəl 
: persons active in business
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