in the business of
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: to have (something) as one's job or purpose
A public library is in the business of providing information to the public.
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During the press tour for her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, Stewart has been clear about what needs to change in the business of show.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
For those teams in the business of taking on salary in return for cash and picks, the possibility exists of doing multiple iterations.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
When the world’s scientists finally pieced together a first draft of the human genome in 2003, one of the biggest surprises was just how little of it — only about 20,000 genes — are involved in the business of producing proteins.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 28 Jan. 2026
The Shift from Profit to Purpose While most companies are in the business of making money, history shows that greed as a business strategy often fails.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
For those teams in the business of taking on salary in return for cash and picks, the possibility exists of doing multiple iterations.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
When the world’s scientists finally pieced together a first draft of the human genome in 2003, one of the biggest surprises was just how little of it — only about 20,000 genes — are involved in the business of producing proteins.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 28 Jan. 2026
The Shift from Profit to Purpose While most companies are in the business of making money, history shows that greed as a business strategy often fails.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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