in the business of
idiom
: to have (something) as one's job or purpose
A public library is in the business of providing information to the public.
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Companies in the business of making drugs or medical devices must produce reams of documentation for everything from research and clinical trials to product development to manufacturing and labels, Sarna said.
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Alex Konrad, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Claims of bias against what are by and large dedicated journalists and fact-checkers striving to hit as close to the mark of truth as is possible are often simple acknowledgements that one movement is more in the business of falsehoods, yet these claims are now coming from Zuckerberg himself.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
Between the Palisades, Eaton and other fires, entire neighborhoods populated by artists, publicists, managers, agents, songwriters, label executives, session musicians and others in the business of music have been burned to the ground in a disaster of unprecedented proportions.
—Roy Trakin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
History: For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the business of slavery.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Alex Konrad, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Claims of bias against what are by and large dedicated journalists and fact-checkers striving to hit as close to the mark of truth as is possible are often simple acknowledgements that one movement is more in the business of falsehoods, yet these claims are now coming from Zuckerberg himself.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
Between the Palisades, Eaton and other fires, entire neighborhoods populated by artists, publicists, managers, agents, songwriters, label executives, session musicians and others in the business of music have been burned to the ground in a disaster of unprecedented proportions.
—Roy Trakin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
History: For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the business of slavery.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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