family business
noun
: a business owned or operated by one's family
She joined the family business after graduating from college.
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The family business already extends past vlog content.
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 8 July 2025
Susanna MacManus was teaching Spanish at Occidental College in 1997 when the family business came calling.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
After three championships with the Steelers — in 1974, 1975 and 1978 — Rooney left the family business for a larger role with the Detroit Lions.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
The brothers are on a mission to eradicate paranormal evil, continuing the singular family business their father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) launched after the boys’ mother died in an unexplained event.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 3 July 2025
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 8 July 2025
Susanna MacManus was teaching Spanish at Occidental College in 1997 when the family business came calling.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
After three championships with the Steelers — in 1974, 1975 and 1978 — Rooney left the family business for a larger role with the Detroit Lions.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
The brothers are on a mission to eradicate paranormal evil, continuing the singular family business their father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) launched after the boys’ mother died in an unexplained event.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for family business
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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