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Recent Examples of big business
Getting your ads in front of Google users can mean big business—for scammers, too.
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
In the ‘80s, everything was big business in the music business, and there were bands like REM, but there weren’t that many of those bands that were really succeeding financially.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
Immigration: Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, has become one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Suspicion of big business runs deep in the U.S., especially among Republican voters loyal to President Donald Trump.
—David M. Drucker, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
In the ‘80s, everything was big business in the music business, and there were bands like REM, but there weren’t that many of those bands that were really succeeding financially.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
Immigration: Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, has become one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Suspicion of big business runs deep in the U.S., especially among Republican voters loyal to President Donald Trump.
—David M. Drucker, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big business
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About one-third of Americans still believed the election was stolen from Trump in Sept. 2023 and a majority of the believers are Republican, according to a survey of about 2,500 adults from the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization Public Religion Research Institute.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Lead by Experimentation: Signal to your organization that learning matters more than immediate perfection.—
Kathleen Walch,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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This partnership highlights how Skypad’s platform aims to redefine collaboration at Famous Footwear and to establish a potential blueprint for success across the entire retail environment.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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Housing for veterans: A May 16 article in the A section about President Trump’s executive order calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to house thousands of homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus named the development partnership working with the VA as the Vets Collective.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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The name of the president of the harbor commission, Pietro Di Carlo, a leading citizen of San Pedro, had come up in the investigation in connection with a contract with a troubled development company that Di Carlo had had associations with.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Several of the firms singled out for sanctions have either done legal work that Trump has opposed, or currently have or previously had associations with prosecutors who at one point investigated the president.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Still, the union is touting the AI language as a key feature.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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The union has also signed deals with several AI companies to give artists control over who gets to use their work and at what cost.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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Quilting guild hosts talk on Victorian undergarments Heritage Quilters Guild of South Suburbia will host a meeting at 7 p.m. May 20 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 651 E. 166th St., South Holland.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Under the guild constitution, writers may appeal any discipline to the membership at an annual meeting.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 May 2025
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“Big business.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20business. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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