family business

noun

: a business owned or operated by one's family
She joined the family business after graduating from college.

Examples of family business in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Led by her husband, Sajjan Jindal, JSW operates in the steel, energy, infrastructure, and automotive sectors and is part of the larger family business empire, O.P. Jindal Group, which was founded by Sajjan Jindal’s father, Om Prakash Jindal. Shreejaya Nair, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024 Butterworth seems to like a family business; several of his screenwriting credits, including Ford v Ferrari and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, are shared with one or another of his brothers. Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 Tommy wasn’t the only Edman to go into the family business. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 Having four individuals in control of the family business could be a recipe for disaster if they are not aligned, Greif said. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024 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 25 Oct. 2024.

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