How to Use biz in a Sentence

biz

noun
Definition of biznext
  • Matt Gilbert, the Globe’s TV critic, is the best in the biz.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2021
  • This back and forth is the talk of the media biz right now.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The duo who own the place, Dan and José, have been in the garden biz for a decade.
    — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 June 2018
  • There's something about a bar of soap guys love, and Dr. Squatch makes the best in the biz.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The past year and a half has been brutal for the concert biz.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The two also discuss the meaning of Churches and the highs and lows of the biz in 2022.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Clouds of tear gas hang in the air in Hong Kong's main biz district.
    — Jen Kirby, Vox, 12 June 2019
  • Volk grew up in the area and moved to New York to seek his fortune in the restaurant biz.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 27 June 2017
  • As one of the proudest cat moms in the biz, Swift, 29, didn’t miss her furry friends’ cameo in the film.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2018
  • The Duo could’ve taken the easy way into the music biz.
    — Eran Ryan, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The term is commonly used in the news biz and elsewhere.
    — Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2022
  • The biz cooled off for a while, but now it’s boom-ba-boom-ba-booming once again.
    — Angela Hill, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2017
  • Harry Styles is one of the hardest-working men in the biz!
    — Char Adams, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • This creature is cushy and inflicts pain at the same time, the perfect metaphor for the movie biz.
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2022
  • In the fiction biz, of course, syntax is a matter of craft.
    — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • Not so in the music biz, where talent alone isn't enough.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Years after the music industry left the city, ATL is poised to bring the biz back to the South.
    — Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The restaurant biz runs tight margins, and fresh seafood’s costs are flukey.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Alphin retired from the Army in 1997 and went into the gun biz full time.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 18 Mar. 2020
  • As with all show-biz bios, the rise to fame is the most compelling segment of Respect.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Later in the show, the singer showed off the best legs (and abs!) in the biz in a mod peekaboo trapeze dress by Georges Chakra.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • His main goal: Kill John Wick, rogue overachiever of the body-count biz.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Chris and his crew were a wild bunch of street cats from the Bronx known for being able to handle their biz.
    — Dante Ross, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The music biz behind the scenes stuff in the book felt authentic.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Which raises the question — how quickly should a biz dev team pull the plug?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Chuck has been in the home renovation biz for 40 years and with Case for 24 years.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Of course, the watch brand is no stranger to the hospitality biz.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Once a year, the Best of Beauty Awards spotlight our favorite products in the biz.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 30 July 2020
  • These small-town biz owners are determined to stay connected to their customers.
    — Nicole Dieker, Vox, 26 July 2024
  • The big four companies’ standard responses to the highs and lows of the music biz include launching new acts and trying to diversify revenue streams.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 26 July 2024

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