the business

noun

British slang

: a very good or impressive person or thing

Since he's won the tournament, he thinks he's the business.

You should see their new office. It's the business.

Examples of the business in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The three-story, 27,000-square-foot venue will open in partnership with TC Restaurant Group, the business that has also helped launch Miranda Lambert’s Casa Rosa, Luke Bryan’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink and Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar. —

Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 May 2024 Layoffs in big tech dominated the business headlines in 2023. —

Nicolas Rapp, Fortune, 19 May 2024 Hernández Alonso has been toying with the idea of getting the business on social media, but that’s up to his grandkids. —

Mark Stevenson, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024 There is no place to sit and at some times of day, no place to stand because the sidewalk in front of the business was taken over by street vendors hawking socks and batteries and cell phone accessories years ago. —

Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024 In a wide-ranging interview with National Review last week, Representative John Moolenaar (R., Mich.), the panel’s new chairman, pulled back the curtain on some of his recent conversations with the business community in this regard. —

Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 16 May 2024 This reaches beyond the business world and its billions of dollars in television deals, merchandise, video games, legalized online gambling and of course compensation. —

Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024 Academics at the American Economic Association say the main cause was the country’s early investment in the knowledge economy, with tech going on to dominate the business world after the dotcom bubble. —

Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024 Proceedings usually start at 9:30 a.m. and run through the business day. —

Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024

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