do business with

idiom

: to sell to or buy from
We do business with companies overseas.

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Despite the criminal conviction, the government continued to do business with the company as Sonday remained as president. Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025 When Cook began working for the law firm Bose, McKinney & Evans to represent developers who do business with the city in February 2021, Andrews, as DMD director, oversaw the city’s negotiations with Cook’s clients. Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025 For more than 60 years, Cubans have been unable to sell their products to the United States – and Americans have been unable to travel to or do business with Cuba outside of very limited categories. Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025 Employees at at least five companies across the metropolitan area do business with GM and were notified to slow, suspend or shut down operations, according to previous Star reporting. Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for do business with

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“Do business with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20business%20with. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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