for-profit
adjective
for-prof·it
ˈfȯr-ˈprä-fət 
: established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit
for-profit businesses
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The for-profit university hired JLL and Morgan Skenderian Investment Real Estate Group to help sell its off-campus Vanguard Centre, a nearly 2-acre property in the city’s eastside.
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Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
Windwave was a for-profit subsidiary of a nonprofit called Inland Development Corporation.
—Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit organization with a mission to benefit all of humanity, but later created a for-profit arm and has faced criticism for that.
—Harry Booth, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
During his time undercover, Charles finds out that Jack and Brad struck a deal that Brad would only give the university $400 million if Jack agreed to leave the college, allowing Brad to fire several staff members and transform it into a for-profit school.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
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Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
Windwave was a for-profit subsidiary of a nonprofit called Inland Development Corporation.
—Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit organization with a mission to benefit all of humanity, but later created a for-profit arm and has faced criticism for that.
—Harry Booth, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
During his time undercover, Charles finds out that Jack and Brad struck a deal that Brad would only give the university $400 million if Jack agreed to leave the college, allowing Brad to fire several staff members and transform it into a for-profit school.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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