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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This is the sort of thing a smarter person would have considered before walking away from their family business.
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The focus is on CEO Constantin Buschmann, a young entrepreneur who is continuing the life’s work of his father, Bodo Buschmann, and, together with his team and his partner Mili Umicevic, is leading the family business into the future in its second generation.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
This is the 55th annual variation of the calendar from The Dolphin Studio, a small family business in Massachussetts.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
Born May 29, 1947, in Coalville, Utah, Geary was the son of Russell Dean Geary, a contractor who also owned a construction business, and Dana Geary, a homemaker who assisted with the family business as a bookkeeper.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The focus is on CEO Constantin Buschmann, a young entrepreneur who is continuing the life’s work of his father, Bodo Buschmann, and, together with his team and his partner Mili Umicevic, is leading the family business into the future in its second generation.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
This is the 55th annual variation of the calendar from The Dolphin Studio, a small family business in Massachussetts.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
Born May 29, 1947, in Coalville, Utah, Geary was the son of Russell Dean Geary, a contractor who also owned a construction business, and Dana Geary, a homemaker who assisted with the family business as a bookkeeper.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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