How to Use in the business of in a Sentence

in the business of

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  • This is arguably the best time to be in the business of women’s sports.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • One was that no one in the business of college sports was looking out for her.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Cities shouldn’t be in the business of paying for road buildouts.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • On the whole, though, the author is not in the business of making anyone feel things.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Gayle King is in the business of telling the news, not being at the center of it.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Ballard was in the business of taking an off-the-ball linebacker at 8.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • It can be said that all businesses are in the business of making money.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
  • But new research shows that white women were very involved in the business of slavery.
    Trevon Logan, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
  • The Canadian brand is in the business of keeping all things cozy.
    Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Harvard, which is in the business of making fine distinctions, has lost me yet again.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Maria Shriver is in the business of making her children's dreams come true.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • Fair enough, of course, as the world has changed and light musicals are not in the business of giving offense.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • That’s a recipe for turmoil in the business of entertainment.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • This is how, in the age of virality, an artist can still be in the business of empire-building.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
  • Hotel Bel-Air has never been in the business of chasing the new.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Trenier, however, was still in the business of selling records.
    Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Not everyone agrees the government should be in the business of bankrolling early-stage firms.
    Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • For a man in the business of endurance, Ghesquière’s life has lately been in startling flux.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Companies are not in the business of employing lots of people.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Phil Oh has been in the business of capturing street style since 2006.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The massive cord cutting has, of course, led to a significant change in the business of media.
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The Dodgers should be in the business of retaining champions.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The trio also talks about changes in the business of college sports, and what that means for schools of Hofstra’s size.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But TikTok is not in the business of giving away giant teddy bears.
    WIRED, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Beauty came on the scene, it’s been in the business of disrupting the beauty industry.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Downton argued courts shouldn’t be in the business of crafting exemptions.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But Notre Dame is not in the business of turning away talent, no matter the timing.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Toyoda is in the business of raising questions to provoke, not to resolve.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Aug. 2025
  • This proved that Harrison was in the business of pawning weapons to Brown, the lawyer argued.
    Jeff Maysh, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Carmen Vera is in the business of buying and restoring classic cars.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026

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