in the business of
idiom
: 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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In principle, there is no reason why the federal government should be in the business of funding news and entertainment programming.
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The Editors, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
Read: America now has a minister of culture Perhaps a valid argument could be made that the government simply shouldn’t be in the business of funding films and museum exhibitions.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
The Arab Spring should dispel the delusional gospel that the United States should be in the business of saving the world for democracy.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
The truck belonged to Iron Mountain, a corporation in the business of both destroying information and preserving it, named for a former mine in the Hudson Valley.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
Read: America now has a minister of culture Perhaps a valid argument could be made that the government simply shouldn’t be in the business of funding films and museum exhibitions.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
The Arab Spring should dispel the delusional gospel that the United States should be in the business of saving the world for democracy.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
The truck belonged to Iron Mountain, a corporation in the business of both destroying information and preserving it, named for a former mine in the Hudson Valley.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the business of
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“In the business of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20business%20of. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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