businessman

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Recent Examples of businessman An unexpected summit While Hochul was affirming her capitalist bona fides, Mamdani took the extraordinary step of meeting with Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and former mayor known for his centrist politics. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025 The survey of 600 likely GOP primary voters, shared first with Semafor, found 37% favor Cameron; 29% favor Barr; and 8% favor businessman Nate Morris. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025 Kirk’s zeal caught the attention of Bill Montgomery, a businessman and Tea Party activist, who urged him to forgo college and dedicate himself fully to political organizing. Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025 Kirk met Montgomery, a retired businessman, after Kirk gave a speech at a conservative youth summit in Illinois. Stephanie A, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for businessman
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Noun
  • Late last year, before falling out with the president, Elon Musk called for more highly skilled workers as did and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The games are the brainchild of Aron D’Souza, a forty-year-old Australian entrepreneur and lawyer known for leading the litigation, brought by Hulk Hogan and bankrolled by Peter Thiel, against Gawker Media.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, demand from Latin America, for example, has grown so much that Yiwu officials have supported Spanish classes for local merchants.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Projects like Bitcoin Babies provide mothers with newborns under the age of one with extra money through Bitcoin, which can be exchanged for goods and services with local merchants that accept Bitcoin.
    Roger Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks moved higher on Thursday, as traders evaluated the latest monetary policy updates from the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, the Interior Ministry tracked down the theft to a museum restoration specialist who took the artifact and sold it to a silver trader, who passed it on to a workshop owner in Cairo’s historic jewelry district.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The deadline for the popular app to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States is September 17, after Trump extended it for the third time.
    AFP, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, Oman was the only foreign buyer of Britain’s Challenger 2 until the United Kingdom supplied some to Ukraine after the current war with Russia began in 2022.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Businessman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/businessman. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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