Thesaurus results for BUSINESSMAN

businessman

noun

Definition of businessman

as in entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of businessman So a very successful businessman like Bill talking about the Israeli economy, putting faith in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, helps my pitch. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Magic Johnson is relentlessly positive, a quality that has served him well as a player, a businessman and even while living with HIV since 1991. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 The Nobel Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, a businessman, engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, and scientist, who lived from 1833 to 1896. — Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026 Built by German shipyard Blohm+Voss for Saudi businessman Nasser Al-Rashid, the 344-footer was one of the largest superyachts of its time and reportedly cost an equally hefty $200 million to complete. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for businessman

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In 2012 American entrepreneur Russ George spread roughly 100 tons of iron in the North Pacific, provoking international criticism that a commercial venture had begun geoengineering without adequate oversight.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
This cutesy girl-next-door look helped to catapult Huntington-Whiteley from Teen Vogue favourite to Burberry face, bona fide lingerie designer, beauty entrepreneur and blockbuster movie star.

— Alice Newbold, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of entrepreneur

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Another tricky thing about the Arizona site was that it had been severed from its links to local merchants.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The wreckage may have come from a schooner barge, a type of merchant vessel commonly used to transport cargo along the East Coast during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Robinson said.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of merchant

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The ever-rising risk premium demanded by investors for holding those bonds shows that traders are still unconvinced that the French government has a plan to resolve its budget crisis.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Higher crude prices have pressured stocks all year, as traders fear elevated energy costs will drive up inflation and force the Federal Reserve to raise rates.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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