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Recent Examples of businessperson
This ability to win when interests compete, combined with a businessperson’s natural tendency to problem solve, will be an asset to Lutnick and Bessent.
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Joe Moglia, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
If Chicagoans demand more artisanal dairy products, some enterprising businessperson should meet that need.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
As a businessperson, Hagerty enjoyed a successful career in private equity.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
To put it another way, no rational businessperson would pay the net present value of a business simply to buy the property, as is implicit in Beasley Timber's position equating the two values.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Joe Moglia, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
If Chicagoans demand more artisanal dairy products, some enterprising businessperson should meet that need.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
As a businessperson, Hagerty enjoyed a successful career in private equity.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
To put it another way, no rational businessperson would pay the net present value of a business simply to buy the property, as is implicit in Beasley Timber's position equating the two values.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for businessperson
Recent Examples of Synonyms for businessperson
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In season 3, Isaacs played Timothy Ratliff, a wealthy businessman vacationing with his wife Victoria (played by Parker Posey).—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Trump has long built his brand on being a master dealmaker and a savvy businessman.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The 2025 Forbes Under 30 Europe list features rising talent in film and music—from 14-year-old movie stars to tech entrepreneurs, all reshaping the entertainment landscape.—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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That’s the message successful entrepreneur Monique Rodriguez is delivering to aspiring and burgeoning entrepreneurs, as well as wives and mothers trying to make their passion profitable.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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Minority business reporter Michael Butler details Joseph’s story from expert translator to savvy businesswoman.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Having won the gold twice and countless championship titles before turning 30 this month, Shields is now training herself as a businesswoman and entrepreneur outside of the ring and strategizing ways to help other women in the sport reach the million-dollar mark for their talent.—
Lydia T. Blanco,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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While Tesla drivers are trading in their EVs at record rates, an unlikely buyer is investing in a Model 3 in solidarity with Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Housing affordability was a top issue in the 2024 election, drawing promises from presidential candidates to address the shortage and help prospective buyers.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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Yet nearly half of marketers report struggling with outdated or incomplete data.—
Ryan Ferrier,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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And then also just getting in and, and finding these people who were writers and photographers and brand builders and marketers and creators and, these brilliant minds who were also just as geeked to like stay close to the thing.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
9 Apr. 2025
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As Uso surpassed top stars like Roman Reigns and CM Punk to become WWE’s top merchandise seller, the Yeet movement catapulted Uso to not one but two of the most shocking upsets in WWE history.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Dabney recalls that the seller was upgrading his solar array and getting rid of his current panels, which were about five years old.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Businessperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/businessperson. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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