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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Steward, a major for-profit hospital chain that ran eight hospitals in the state, filed for bankruptcy in May 2024.
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State House News Service, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.
—Shelley Smith Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Founded and headquartered in Boise, Micron is Idaho’s largest for-profit employer, according to previous Statesman reporting.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
In the announcement, Sherman Park Grocery Store stated that the store is facing mounting financial challenges that threaten its ability to remain open and called for urgent assistance from local, state, and federal agencies, as well as for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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State House News Service, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.
—Shelley Smith Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Founded and headquartered in Boise, Micron is Idaho’s largest for-profit employer, according to previous Statesman reporting.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
In the announcement, Sherman Park Grocery Store stated that the store is facing mounting financial challenges that threaten its ability to remain open and called for urgent assistance from local, state, and federal agencies, as well as for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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