family business
noun
: a business owned or operated by one's family
She joined the family business after graduating from college.
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Advertisement 1 2 Working with the cooperation of the Henson family — his four surviving children, all of whom went into the family business in some form, are newly interviewed — Howard has had access to the archives, including sketchbooks and journals and early experimental films.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Zoey Deutch, her daughter with Some Kind of Wonderful director Howie Deutch, has also entered the family business.
—Aja Hoggatt, EW.com, 29 May 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Zoey Deutch, her daughter with Some Kind of Wonderful director Howie Deutch, has also entered the family business.
—Aja Hoggatt, EW.com, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for family business
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“Family business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20business. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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