not-for-profit

adjective

not-for-prof·​it ˈnät-fər-ˈprä-fət How to pronounce not-for-profit (audio)

Examples of not-for-profit in a Sentence

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In 2020, local government formed Ireland’s first not-for-profit energy utility, Heat Works. April Roach,tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026 Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii walked off the job early Monday in the latest work stoppage to roil the nation’s largest not-for-profit medical provider. Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026 Winners in 32 categories will be selected by the full voting membership of The Podcast Academy, a not-for-profit professional membership organization that celebrates excellence in podcasting. Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2026 McCaleb’s not-for-profit, the Navigation Fund, bought 24,000 of Nvidia’s then top-of-the-line H100 chips and set up Voltage Park to manage them with the goal of lowering the cost of compute for startups, per Reuters reporting. Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for not-for-profit

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of not-for-profit was in 1919

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“Not-for-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not-for-profit. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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