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businessman

noun

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as in entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of businessman Now retired at 75, John was a local political figure — once chair of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party — and a successful businessman who spent decades in the forklift sales industry. — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026 The Argentine newspaper reported that during the match against Cape Verde, FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors questioned Argentine sports businessman Guillermo Tofoni. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 James Beach, a six-foot-one businessman from Denver, was on the Newark-to-Denver leg of a return trip from Moscow. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 10 July 2026 That concept, developed by Boise businessman Bart Griffin and Emmett’s B&G Properties, reached city staff around the same time as EM Werks’ proposal in 2024; so far, the developers haven’t filed a formal application, according to city records. — Mark Dee july 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for businessman

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David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Washington is a magnet for foreign investment and for entrepreneurs.

— Scott Cohn, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Our editorial focus is sharpening around Black women as travelers, entrepreneurs, cultural architects, and community builders.

— Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Definition of entrepreneur

Noun

Lopez gets calls from exasperated merchants dealing with vandalism and with people blocking their storefronts.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
The merchants that seize the initiative in mining this data will have insights into their customers that their competitors don't.

— Nandan Sheth, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of merchant

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Gendron said his ancestors were among the first outsiders to settle the island in the 1700s, when three brothers, fur traders all, left Canada and followed the Mississippi south.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
That's a key technical level watched and used by traders, illustrating a stock or index's trend.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026

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