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Recent Examples of businessman
First, the administrators sold the club to a consortium of local businessmen and the supporters’ trust.
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The model and mom, who shares her daughter with businessman Tom Daly, paired the elevated loungewear look with black ballet flats — a style that’s seen a resurgence along with other Y2K trends.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
Certainly, the director had never made anything quite as … reputable as this handsome, sweeping adaptation of David Henry Hwang’s hit Broadway show about a French businessman seduced by an opera singer in 1960s Beijing.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
That transformation, from role player to multimillionaire businessman, stood out in a league where endorsements and flashy purchases were often more visible than equity or ownership.
—Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The model and mom, who shares her daughter with businessman Tom Daly, paired the elevated loungewear look with black ballet flats — a style that’s seen a resurgence along with other Y2K trends.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
Certainly, the director had never made anything quite as … reputable as this handsome, sweeping adaptation of David Henry Hwang’s hit Broadway show about a French businessman seduced by an opera singer in 1960s Beijing.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
That transformation, from role player to multimillionaire businessman, stood out in a league where endorsements and flashy purchases were often more visible than equity or ownership.
—Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for businessman
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Several other celebrities, athletes, and entrepreneurs have proudly purchased Mercedes-Benz G-Class models including Kylie Jenner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Simone Biles.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Fred Goldring is an entrepreneur, entertainment lawyer and co-founder of Pressing Business, a vinyl record and CD manufacturer, and record labels Flatiron Recordings and Label 51.—
Fred Goldring,
Billboard,
9 May 2025
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Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet and were formidable sea merchants and colonizers, establishing city-states throughout the central and western Mediterranean.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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Good luck going and trying to scan QR codes and figuring out, okay, which merchant accepts, which doesn't.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Typically shares will jump to or close to a buyout price if traders are confident a deal will go through as proposed.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
8 May 2025
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It was originally built for William Dever Johnson, a livestock trader, in 1906.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2025
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Now, some Democratic senators have buyers’ remorse.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The studio reportedly screened the movie to a string of buyers in early 2024 with a price tag of around $70M, which is how much the film is said to have cost.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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“Businessman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/businessman. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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