How to Use businessperson in a Sentence

businessperson

noun

• That’s why this is a great book for the small businessperson.
  — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• Like any good businessperson, Celia makes her clients’ habits her own.
  — Annabelle Timsit, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
• Stockholm Pie is ripe for a big city businessperson to come in and franchise.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2022
• Granholm hoped to see how the system works for the average businessperson or artist.
  — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 30 June 2017
• Even for the savviest chef or businessperson, a new restaurant is a great way to lose a lot of money—fast.
  — Martha Brannigan, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2017
• That was to attract top talent and boost the company, as any smart businessperson would do.
  — WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
• The kids wouldn’t understand all the ways a clever businessperson could take advantage of them.
  — Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
• The verdict is the first death sentence for a private businessperson for financial crime.
  — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• And not to sound like a businessperson, but there’s an incredible audience for this.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 27 June 2019
• The artist becomes the businessperson, which is always a disaster.
  — Olga Massov, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• So was Baron’s journey to becoming a small businessperson.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
• For a rich businessperson, Frank has some questionable hobbies.
  — James Mercadante, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• When a businessperson tells you making money isn’t their goal, that’s usually a good time to hang onto your wallet.
  — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
• At the end of the day, just remember to be a nice person first and a professional businessperson second.
  — Anna Jankowska, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• Interesting, easy to read and super helpful for the small businessperson.
  — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• A lot of this conversation revolves around trust, and the question of whether or not Billy trusts her as a businessperson.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 25 May 2026
• In approaching a deal, a businessperson typically thinks first about his/her own overall business goals.
  — Robert Zafft, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2021
• At that point, a businessperson and Washington outsider who doesn’t unnerve swing state voters might look pretty good.
  — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2019
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky was once the most powerful businessperson in Russia.
  — Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2022
• No sane businessperson would relinquish so much as a square inch of New York real estate, except under duress.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
• People may think of you as a skilled businessperson with little interest in games, both in your professional and personal life.
  — Emily Simone, Allure, 29 Dec. 2021
• Blockbuster’s demise should be front of mind for every businessperson in the media and entertainment industry.
  — Arvin Patel, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
• His father recovered and became a successful builder and businessperson in Kenya.
  — Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
• Finally, in light of the business goals and business relationship, the businessperson thinks about the contract.
  — Robert Zafft, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2021
• The role of a music manager is an elusive one, based largely on the kind of relationship between the businessperson and the musician.
  — Massimo Marioni, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Both times, the wealthy businessperson advanced to the general election, to be crushed by Democrat Jerry Brown.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2018
• That is a really talented businessperson.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
• King's friend, Nick Delpopolo, isn't as confident that any businessperson would be willing to partner with the Snyders.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
• The visiting businessperson feels pressure to come back with a deal and the Japanese feel this first meeting is the start of many more before an agreement is possible.
  — Greg Story, Forbes, 4 May 2022
• Hardesty lost to Rene Gonzalez, a more conservative businessperson who promised to crack down on homelessness and crime.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022