make money

phrase

: to earn money : to make a profit
The club made money by selling advertisements in the newsletter.

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Stars are well-positioned to make money off the field through endorsements, but the average MLB player isn’t going to have those opportunities, so raising salaries for those players has a bigger impact. Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Every single tactic used against Brazil, Canada, or Denmark has also been deployed elsewhere—not to support democracy, not to build American prosperity, but to spread the illiberal revolution and make money for the predators who support it. Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 Every company wants to make money — Kalshi and Polymarket are no different. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced a pilot program in Indiana that seeks to make money available more quickly, before disaster damage estimates are completed, but Elliott said this local loan program is faster. Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for make money

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“Make money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20money. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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