How to Use family business in a Sentence
family business
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More than half of the 53 heirs chose not to work in the family business.
— Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023 -
From a very young age, Aaron and Albert were shown the ins and outs of the family business.
— Clarissa Wei, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023 -
He was born and raised in Hanford, and works in the family business.
— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024 -
At some point, his son Robert H. Berry took over the family business.
— Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024 -
Both are eldest sons who have been groomed to take over the family business one day.
— Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023 -
The director almost cut the star-in-the-making out of the family business.
— Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Sawyer, a senior in high school, wants to get into the family business, too.
— Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2024 -
In 1958, Jack Heuer, Edouard’s great-grandson, joined the family business.
— Lindsay Talbot, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Bobby, who took charge of the family business at a young age, had a heart of gold and a passion for helping others.
— Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024 -
Some of Lai and Tran’s children splintered off from the family business to start their own restaurants.
— Tim Carman, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Melissa Aellen’s family business has been a fixture of Wine in the Woods for nearly three decades.
— Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2024 -
By then, his son had assumed control of the family business.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 29 July 2023 -
Charles eventually wants to be some form of a mentor to Bruce even though their mom doesn’t want Bruce in the family business.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024 -
While Juan and his wife, Mary Delgadillo, have passed away, the spot remains a family business.
— Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024 -
When tragedy strikes, Isabel must pick up the pieces and keep her family business going, all while dealing with her grief.
— Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 24 Mar. 2023 -
There was a moment when Ethan realized that Maya, a preteen at the time, was going to join the family business.
— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023 -
Now, Jason's wife Kylie Kelce — a star in her own right — is jumping into the family business with a buzzy new podcast.
— Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024 -
His death marks the end of an era for the 120-year-old company, leaving the fourth generation of Nordstroms to lead the family business.
— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 May 2024 -
Part of the original farm now houses the Stone Pillar Winery, the Hoffs’ family business.
— Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Vinyl is a family business: Sons Edward and Alex both work with him at Fidelity.
— August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024 -
Culkin was 26 and beginning to think about acting as something more than the family business.
— Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024 -
Since his two heart attacks, Harlan hasn’t changed his lifestyle, but his absence from the family business left it in the hands of his wife, Vicki, and his son, Cane.
— Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Close behind were fears over a lack of interest in the family business, a lack of knowledge, and a lack of skills to run it effectively.
— Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 Sep. 2024 -
She was cut off from the family business, as well as her inheritance.
— Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023 -
Roth Farms dates back four generations to the late 1940s, but Rick Roth didn’t grow up thinking the family business would be his future.
— Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2024 -
His daughter Julie Fader Gilbert said the family business was at the time one of the nation’s largest independent smoke store chains.
— Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Fred lays no small amount of blame for his father’s troubles on his grandfather pushing him to join the family business.
— Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 24 July 2024 -
But the company, the top-selling budget-fashion flagship in both the UK and Ireland, is no longer a small family business.
— Geoff Colvin, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2024 -
This month, she is set to release a historical memoir of sorts about the family business.
— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023 -
But now there’s also a new generation of family business with the Loves.
— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
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