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Spectropolis is never glib about the transparent profit motive sustaining such rites.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Differences in philosophy and training explain some of the gap in what dentists recommend, but the profit motive is a factor, too, Mertz said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2025
Continuing to assert that simply adding a profit motive will somehow generate better results — without a shred of proof — is disingenuous.
—Michael Zucchet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Over time, corporate involvement pushed university research toward commercial needs and increasingly exposed universities to the profit motive.
—Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Differences in philosophy and training explain some of the gap in what dentists recommend, but the profit motive is a factor, too, Mertz said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2025
Continuing to assert that simply adding a profit motive will somehow generate better results — without a shred of proof — is disingenuous.
—Michael Zucchet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Over time, corporate involvement pushed university research toward commercial needs and increasingly exposed universities to the profit motive.
—Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for profit motive
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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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