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 National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a federal government agency, grants charters and insures credit union members’ deposits for up to $250,000, just like the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) does with for-profit banks.
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Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
More than 1,400 people are currently held at the California City Detention Facility, run by the private for-profit prison company CoreCivic in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Musk, OpenAI alleges, in fact agreed that OpenAI needed to transition to a for-profit company, and only quit because executives rebuffed his effort to secure total control of the fledgling AI lab and merge it with Tesla.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Over the past five years, graduates from for-profit schools have performed significantly worse than their nursing-school peers from public or nonprofit private schools.
—Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
More than 1,400 people are currently held at the California City Detention Facility, run by the private for-profit prison company CoreCivic in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Musk, OpenAI alleges, in fact agreed that OpenAI needed to transition to a for-profit company, and only quit because executives rebuffed his effort to secure total control of the fledgling AI lab and merge it with Tesla.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Over the past five years, graduates from for-profit schools have performed significantly worse than their nursing-school peers from public or nonprofit private schools.
—Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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