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 story of a founder’s son losing the family business is a common one.
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Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
And now Maloney’s family business — not Chase — was the defendant in a lawsuit.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Reflecting on her family business’ decades of storied history, Anderson sat down for an interview at the bookshop’s downtown Naperville location at 123 W. Jefferson Ave.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
This is, of course, a very different property world to Trump's, whose father Fred amassed an unglamorous fortune building apartments, then watched his son turn the family business into a glitzy real-estate empire.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
And now Maloney’s family business — not Chase — was the defendant in a lawsuit.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Reflecting on her family business’ decades of storied history, Anderson sat down for an interview at the bookshop’s downtown Naperville location at 123 W. Jefferson Ave.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
This is, of course, a very different property world to Trump's, whose father Fred amassed an unglamorous fortune building apartments, then watched his son turn the family business into a glitzy real-estate empire.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 19 June 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 6 Jul. 2025.
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