Examples of plow back in a Sentence
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Large companies, Schumpeter realized, acted as engines of innovation, plowing back some of their profits into research and development and encouraging others to do the same in the hopes of becoming an acquisition target.
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Jerry Z. Muller, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
In other parts of the world success is rewarded with additional TV revenue and big-money purses for qualifying for continental tournaments, money those teams can plow back into their rosters, assuring the rich continue to get richer.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Their stock prices rise, making money for shareholders while attracting more resources to plow back into the company.
—J.j. Colao, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
Those windfalls, though, are mostly plowed back into football in the form of ballooning staffs, ever more opulent facilities and amenities that service the athletes, who do not share the revenue directly but who take on a greater burden of conference realignment with coast-to-coast travel.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
But one difference is that credit union profits are plowed back into their operations to help lower loan costs and boost deposit interest rates for the benefit of members.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2023
Bouton believed teams should be owned by the people, by the fans, with all profits plowed back into the ballpark and the team.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 31 May 2020
Then, several weeks ago, while America watched as unsold vegetables were plowed back into the soil and fretted over the earliest outbreaks among midwestern meatpackers, one flour manufacturer quietly saw its sales skyrocket 2,000 percent.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 12 May 2020
That money is plowed back into the city’s tree-planting fund.
—John D. Harden, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2020
Jerry Z. Muller, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
In other parts of the world success is rewarded with additional TV revenue and big-money purses for qualifying for continental tournaments, money those teams can plow back into their rosters, assuring the rich continue to get richer.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Their stock prices rise, making money for shareholders while attracting more resources to plow back into the company.
—J.j. Colao, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
Those windfalls, though, are mostly plowed back into football in the form of ballooning staffs, ever more opulent facilities and amenities that service the athletes, who do not share the revenue directly but who take on a greater burden of conference realignment with coast-to-coast travel.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
But one difference is that credit union profits are plowed back into their operations to help lower loan costs and boost deposit interest rates for the benefit of members.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2023
Bouton believed teams should be owned by the people, by the fans, with all profits plowed back into the ballpark and the team.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 31 May 2020
Then, several weeks ago, while America watched as unsold vegetables were plowed back into the soil and fretted over the earliest outbreaks among midwestern meatpackers, one flour manufacturer quietly saw its sales skyrocket 2,000 percent.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 12 May 2020
That money is plowed back into the city’s tree-planting fund.
—John D. Harden, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2020
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“Plow back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plow%20back. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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