Thesaurus results for BUSINESSMAN

businessman

noun

Definition of businessman

as in entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of businessman It was also made by Lundeen and was given to Trump by Anthony Constantino, a businessman and Republican congressional candidate from New York. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Smith, who also co-owns The Baltimore Sun, is known to Maryland primarily as a businessman and entrepreneur who has spent decades building companies and creating institutions. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026 Altogether, the homes trace the major chapters of James’s career, from teenage phenom to NBA veteran and businessman. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026 The days when a local businessman would buy and run a team as a sort of community trust are over. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for businessman

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For a man reportedly worth more than $10 billion, entrepreneur Mark Cuban spends a lot of time talking about wealth inequality—and how to distribute it more evenly.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
The 27-year-old is also an entrepreneur who owns two flooring and turf companies, per an interview on The Pageant Project podcast last month.

— Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of entrepreneur

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In an industrial zone in Arteixo, at the furthest northwestern tip of Spain, amid granite quarries and aluminum merchants, Inditex, the company that owns Zara, has built a city of glass.

— Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
The deal is also a reminder that a growing number of empty retail spaces once operated by merchants that are defunct or downsizing are being picked up by a new generation of retailers and other types of companies.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of merchant

Noun

Investors see different risks threatening markets, but broadly agree that traders should diversify beyond recent winners.

— Chloe Taylor,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Narrated by Charles Marlow, Heart of Darkness follows Marlow’s journey up the Congo River, captaining a ship into the heart of the African continent while searching for a trader called Kurtz.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

The sellers will work with the eventual buyer on a custom dock designed around their watercraft.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
The case alleges major real estate companies helped keep buyer-agent commissions artificially high, increasing costs for homebuyers and limiting competition among agents.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of buyer

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