make money

idiom

: 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. 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 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 6 Jul. 2025.

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