big business

Example Sentences

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Louis XIV realized that the production and export of luxury goods could be big business, and Paris has been a point of pilgrimage for fashion lovers ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

What is clear though is that robotic weapon systems are big business.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

But time and time again, regular Americans who have been harmed by big business have sought redress for their harms in court.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Television rights to broadcast or stream NFL games is a big business.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Astronauts were big business, particularly since American Alan Shepard had been launched into space on May 5, 1961, three weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson