profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl 
ˈpräf-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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The movie was very profitable.
selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
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All three had a profitable underwriting quarter.
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Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Cîrstea’s victory here followed her title win at the Transylvania Open in her home country in February and reaching the Rouen Open semis last month, in what has been a very profitable final year on tour so far.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 9 May 2026
The near-term surge aside, Dempsey’s longer-term game plan involves cutting less profitable long-haul routes, such as those out of New York’s JFK, and focusing on shorter and more profitable regional routes.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
From a buyer’s perspective, IPL ticks all the right boxes and is the only profitable bet that investors can take on Indian sports as of now, experts said.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 May 2026
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Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Cîrstea’s victory here followed her title win at the Transylvania Open in her home country in February and reaching the Rouen Open semis last month, in what has been a very profitable final year on tour so far.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 9 May 2026
The near-term surge aside, Dempsey’s longer-term game plan involves cutting less profitable long-haul routes, such as those out of New York’s JFK, and focusing on shorter and more profitable regional routes.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
From a buyer’s perspective, IPL ticks all the right boxes and is the only profitable bet that investors can take on Indian sports as of now, experts said.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for profitable
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profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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