How to Use family business in a Sentence

family business

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Some cofounders who run companies with their spouses see it as an asset, in part for the appeal of a family business.
    Kinsey Crowley, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Violet is now helping that bohemia live on, taking on a role in the family business.
    Jessica Testa, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The show followed the family after the eldest brother Joe returns to run the family business after the death of the siblings' father.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • The Jonas Brothers are taking their family business to Broadway.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2023

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