big business

noun

Definition of big businessnext
as in organization

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Recent Examples of big business Toto, Christopher Cross and The Romantics — three top pop/rock acts who did big business on the charts back in the 1980s — have united for a major concert tour. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 30 July 2026 The safety nets that tend to catch big business in a crisis don't always reach those of us running the venues, restaurants and services that keep an area alive. — Yulia Fedorishina, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Testosterone replacement therapy has become big business in recent years. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 16 July 2026 Gilberto Mora is only 17 but already big business, a billboard staple. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for big business
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big business
  1. organization
  2. partnership
  3. association
  4. union
  5. guild
Noun
  • But Jewish religious nationalists, particularly uneducated young men, remain a threat, said John Munayer of the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, an interreligious organization in Jerusalem.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The organization aims to end extreme poverty and encourages concertgoers to take action in their communities.
    — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of organization
Noun
  • Face-to-face interactions are crucial for building trust, credibility, and reading subtle cues essential for major deals and long-term partnerships.
    — Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In an apparent bid to address such a weakness, a partnership between Unitree and US tech giant Nvidia was announced in June for research and development.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of partnership
Noun
  • The head of the tenants association at the Frederick Douglass Houses on the Upper West Side took photos and videos of individuals sitting on blankets in a stairwell and laying on cardboard in a hallway.
    — Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, German autoworker layoffs are now higher than during the global financial crisis of 2008–9 or the COVID pandemic, forcing German and European business associations to call for unprecedentedly stringent local content requirements.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of association
Noun
  • Organizers from the Chaney Braggs Apartments tenant union, Belden Tenants Association and One Northside all spoke in support of PRO, including their own personal issues with renting.
    — Mikayla Price, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Nevada has the service industry unions because of Las Vegas; Michigan has the auto industry and associated manufacturing support industries; Virginia is home to more federal workers than any other state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of union
Noun
  • Dragging this out into next spring in a trial without any clarity could only hurt the industry, the guilds wrote.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Actor Awards have voter crossover with the Emmys, unlike the Globes and Critics Choice, but The Diplomat is a far more SAG-friendly show than the cerebral Pluribus, which didn’t get an ensemble bid with the guild, unlike The Diplomat.
    — Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of guild

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“Big business.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20business. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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