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businessman

[biz-nis-man] / ˈbɪz nɪsˌmæn /


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Having spent time on his parents stall since the age of two Wolverhampton-born businessman Smith started out in the very same place - selling items for £1 from his own stall.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Los Angeles businessman and engineer Dennis Tito was the world’s first space tourist in April 2001, reportedly paying $20 million to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and visit the International Space Station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The property was sold to luxury developer Dean McKillen, son of Irish businessman Paddy McKillen.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Ms. Gibson documents the work of one critic, a businessman living near Newcastle named Ralph Gardner, who published denunciations of the 1649-50 witch trial in that city that resulted in 16 executions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

So Artemis put out a call on the Web: Irish businessman will pay large amount of U.S. dollars to meet a fairy, sprite, leprechaun, pixie.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

More recently, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paxton spent New Year's Eve in Dubai with two American businessmen indicted over alleged healthcare fraud.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

More recently, his marriage collapsed amid allegations of infidelity, while fresh reporting has raised questions about his relationships with wealthy donors and businessmen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

As The Times wrote, “hundreds of motion picture celebrities and wealthy society and businessmen and women in Palm Springs appealed to Los Angeles for aid.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Over the weekend, Reform announced that it had received two donations of £36m each from wealthy businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, who are both British but have until recently lived abroad.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

They headed up Church Street, a wide avenue crowded with businessmen in top hats and beggars and fancy ladies in wide skirts.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older


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