family business
noun
: a business owned or operated by one's family
She joined the family business after graduating from college.
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After dropping out of high school in 1922, Ed Link followed his father into the family business, learning how bellows and pneumatic pressure—the guts of organs—could be made to simulate movement.
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
In Albania, a luxury development being planned that is linked to Trump’s family business has become a major political issue, drawing protests in June.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Trump took in tens of millions of dollars in fees from a flurry of new hotel, resort and condo deals overseas that amounts to the biggest property expansion ever in the century since the family business was founded.
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Bernard Condon,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Today Per's sons run the family business, whose interests span offshore shipping, tourism, real estate, renewable energy and maritime services.
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Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
In Albania, a luxury development being planned that is linked to Trump’s family business has become a major political issue, drawing protests in June.
—
ABC News,
2 July 2026
Trump took in tens of millions of dollars in fees from a flurry of new hotel, resort and condo deals overseas that amounts to the biggest property expansion ever in the century since the family business was founded.
—
Bernard Condon,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Today Per's sons run the family business, whose interests span offshore shipping, tourism, real estate, renewable energy and maritime services.
—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for family business
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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