make money
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: to earn money : to make a profit
The club made money by selling advertisements in the newsletter.
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Each issue covers practical ways to apply AI to save time, make money, and serve clients better, without sounding robotic or generic.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The character Satine in the musical is less of a victim of the manager’s demands and chooses to use her feminine wiles to make money for the club, which is her artistic home.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees settled in Toronto in the Eighties, and word spread among them that worm picking was a sure way to make money, albeit a punishing one.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Last week, the EU unveiled a new package of sanctions against Russia – its 18th since Moscow’s invasion – designed to further reduce the Kremlin’s ability to make money from its oil and gas production.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The character Satine in the musical is less of a victim of the manager’s demands and chooses to use her feminine wiles to make money for the club, which is her artistic home.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees settled in Toronto in the Eighties, and word spread among them that worm picking was a sure way to make money, albeit a punishing one.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Last week, the EU unveiled a new package of sanctions against Russia – its 18th since Moscow’s invasion – designed to further reduce the Kremlin’s ability to make money from its oil and gas production.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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“Make money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20money. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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