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Recent Examples of big business
Fixing them is equal parts scientific miracle, big business, and human tragedy—a gnarly, technically complex procedure that requires months or years of painful recovery.
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The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Corporations Other tax increases that had been considered that would have hit big business, such as an increase in the stock buyback tax or a limit on the state and local deduction for corporations, were mostly rejected.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
On Friday, Polis struck down an attempt to make Colorado more union-friendly, a bill that would have undone decades of compromise between big businesses and big unions in this state.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
And, also at that time, there were few women in either big business or in the top professions.
—Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
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The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Corporations Other tax increases that had been considered that would have hit big business, such as an increase in the stock buyback tax or a limit on the state and local deduction for corporations, were mostly rejected.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
On Friday, Polis struck down an attempt to make Colorado more union-friendly, a bill that would have undone decades of compromise between big businesses and big unions in this state.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
And, also at that time, there were few women in either big business or in the top professions.
—Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big business
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About one-third of Americans still believed the election was stolen from Trump in Sept. 2023 and a majority of the believers are Republican, according to a survey of about 2,500 adults from the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization Public Religion Research Institute.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Lead by Experimentation: Signal to your organization that learning matters more than immediate perfection.—
Kathleen Walch,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Once framed as benign, these partnerships are increasingly cast as potential vectors for foreign influence or technology transfers.—
Ronak D. Desai,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The celebration, which was held in partnership with Destination DC, took place at the Southern restaurant Succotash, less than a mile away from the White House.—
James Factora,
Them.,
2 June 2025
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The name of the president of the harbor commission, Pietro Di Carlo, a leading citizen of San Pedro, had come up in the investigation in connection with a contract with a troubled development company that Di Carlo had had associations with.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Several of the firms singled out for sanctions have either done legal work that Trump has opposed, or currently have or previously had associations with prosecutors who at one point investigated the president.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Advocates and unions have said wages needed to be raised by $2 an hour to meet recommendations that those workers be paid 150% of minimum wage.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Supervisor Holly Mitchell had similar hesitations, as did some county employee unions.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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In 2021, the guild hired a company for a multi-year project to touch up all 22 of the ride's animals.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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The guild released data Wednesday comparing employment data for both television writers and screenwriters between 2020 and 2024.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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“Big business.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20business. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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