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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These for-profit companies should not be allowed to increase rates on the backs of hard-working residents.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Waymo’s expansion to Los Angeles will bring autonomous for-profit taxis to the nation’s second-largest city — and to a city long synonymous with car travel.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Recently, Lambert distanced himself from Musk after emails surfaced showing the tycoon had always favored OpenAI becoming a for-profit company—just one under his control and not Microsoft’s.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The Minnesota conglomerate’s plan to roll Stewardship Health, the physician arm of for-profit Steward Health Care, into its Optum subsidiary would mark a noteworthy departure from its usual fare.
—Tara Bannow, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
In addition to paying $28.5 million, Walden, an online, for-profit university headquartered in Minneapolis, agreed to make significant programmatic changes and other disclosures to prospective students.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Utah officials ordered a for-profit academy to shut down after children died in its care.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
ActBlue, the nonprofit Democratic counterpart to the for-profit Republican WinRed, also used pre-checked boxes.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
The for-profit hospital is owned by HCA Healthcare, formerly the Hospital Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Waymo’s expansion to Los Angeles will bring autonomous for-profit taxis to the nation’s second-largest city — and to a city long synonymous with car travel.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Recently, Lambert distanced himself from Musk after emails surfaced showing the tycoon had always favored OpenAI becoming a for-profit company—just one under his control and not Microsoft’s.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The Minnesota conglomerate’s plan to roll Stewardship Health, the physician arm of for-profit Steward Health Care, into its Optum subsidiary would mark a noteworthy departure from its usual fare.
—Tara Bannow, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
In addition to paying $28.5 million, Walden, an online, for-profit university headquartered in Minneapolis, agreed to make significant programmatic changes and other disclosures to prospective students.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Utah officials ordered a for-profit academy to shut down after children died in its care.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
ActBlue, the nonprofit Democratic counterpart to the for-profit Republican WinRed, also used pre-checked boxes.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
The for-profit hospital is owned by HCA Healthcare, formerly the Hospital Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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