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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Moreover, many of these popular spots started as a family business decades ago, and remain so today.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Her digital and audiobook operations have become a family business.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
The new home was a testament to the success of their family business, Kent Security, which Shlomy and Orly founded in the early 1980s and later ran with Orly’s brother, Gil Neuman.
—James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
The girls are picked up for school outside the family business, Duvall's Lawn and Garden, every morning.
—Ashley Paul, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Her digital and audiobook operations have become a family business.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
The new home was a testament to the success of their family business, Kent Security, which Shlomy and Orly founded in the early 1980s and later ran with Orly’s brother, Gil Neuman.
—James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
The girls are picked up for school outside the family business, Duvall's Lawn and Garden, every morning.
—Ashley Paul, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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