profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl 
ˈpräf-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
Examples of profitable in a Sentence
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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Not only does the extant relationship between art and commerce imply no causal relationship between commercial performance and literary quality, but this false implication is itself a pernicious impediment to both the creation and profitable production of great art.
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This reduces operational strain, limits carrying costs and creates a more efficient, profitable model, shifting the goal from moving volume to cultivating valuable customers.
—Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2025
That could include lowering barriers to profitable investments by accelerating the approval process for supporting infrastructure, such as transmission power lines, pipelines, storage capacity and other logistics, rather than relying on sweeping announcements that lack market traction.
—Skip York, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
The result is that consolidating industries quite often land on three main players as a source of stability – one or two risks falling into the pitfalls of monopolies and duopolies, while many more than three to five can struggle to be profitable in mature industries.
—David R. King, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
This reduces operational strain, limits carrying costs and creates a more efficient, profitable model, shifting the goal from moving volume to cultivating valuable customers.
—Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2025
That could include lowering barriers to profitable investments by accelerating the approval process for supporting infrastructure, such as transmission power lines, pipelines, storage capacity and other logistics, rather than relying on sweeping announcements that lack market traction.
—Skip York, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
The result is that consolidating industries quite often land on three main players as a source of stability – one or two risks falling into the pitfalls of monopolies and duopolies, while many more than three to five can struggle to be profitable in mature industries.
—David R. King, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for profitable
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“Profitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profitable. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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