do business with

idiom

: to sell to or buy from
We do business with companies overseas.

Examples of do business with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Students are calling for their schools to divest from companies that do business with Israel, among other demands. Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 7 May 2024 Desperate to stem protests that have convulsed campuses across the country, a small number of universities have agreed to reconsider their investments in companies that do business with Israel. Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 3 May 2024 Yet common and central to each of these groups’ demands is divestment – that is, demanding their university withdraw its investments in companies that either do business with Israel or materially provide support for the occupation. Seyward Darby, Longreads, 2 May 2024 At least four of Trump’s businesses have declared bankruptcy, and no major lender save for risk-friendly Deutsche Bank is still willing to do business with him. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024 Another bill that became law, Senate Bill 1291, bans companies that do business with the state from boycotting energy industries, including fossil fuels, and the firearm industry. Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2024 But as brands there to promote free speech absolutism, none wanted to be seen as unwilling to engage or do business with them. Lisa Hagen, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024 In response, Moscow has expanded ties with the countries more willing to do business with it — China to the east, and, via a southern route, India and the countries of the Persian Gulf. Ivan Nechepurenko Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 Governments that adopted a hardball stance were often able to do business with Trump. Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024

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“Do business with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20business%20with. Accessed 14 May. 2024.

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