How to Use for-profit in a Sentence
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But there are some very good for-profit homes and some lousy nonprofits.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
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Kolter will be a member of the nonprofit’s board but not on the for-profit board.
—Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
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But large, for-profit health care companies have not been driving that job growth.
—Bob Herman, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
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What was the thinking behind the decision to go that route rather than the for-profit one?
—Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 4 June 2025
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So far the for-profit model just keeps winning with this one exception.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024
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But Edwards researched that, and his charter school is a for-profit school.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
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The bill’s failure was a win for the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
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Two nearby for-profit grocery stores are doing just fine — and have products on the shelves.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Khalil does not want to be shot at, or sought by the secret police, or detained in some for-profit gulag.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
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This is not to dismiss valid concerns about for-profit utilities.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2026
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Out of the schools in the top quarter for nonpayment rates, 76% were for-profit schools.
—Nicky Forster, Fortune, 20 July 2026
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This is a for-profit business, period.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Everyone quashed the latter, not wanting a for-profit fox in the non-profit hen house.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
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And a small number of states have banned or restricted these for-profit claims companies.
—Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
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Its failure was largely seen as a win for the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
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Schaefer’s initial idea was a for-profit baseball league, but kids were still getting boxed out of playing.
—Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2025
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Opening a theater, whether for-profit or not, presents a major financial risk.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
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And is Tesla a for-profit company?
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
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At that point, the for-profit bid was briefly dropped, and Musk left the OpenAI board.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
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But students from for-profit institutions are far less likely to pass the test than their peers at public schools.
—Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
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Students who attended for-profit colleges struggle more than others to pay back their loans.
—Nicky Forster, Fortune, 20 July 2026
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And a for-profit hospital chain is accused of pushing hospice care on families to free up beds.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 June 2023
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The non-profit will still own a minority stake in the new for-profit version of the company.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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Musk’s xAI is also a for-profit company.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026
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Dandelion is structured as a for-profit and has raised seed funding from a trio of venture capital firms.
—Casey Ross, STAT, 21 June 2023
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OpenAI disputes the claim, saying Musk was on board with its for-profit move.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
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Fiscal woes are also said to have led to course cancellations and funding shortfalls at the for-profit art school.
—News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2025
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But parents said that they were told that the for-profit elementary school could close on March 27.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
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These for-profit companies should not be allowed to increase rates on the backs of hard-working residents.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
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The for-profit magazine's annual rankings have been the target of backlash over the last few years.
—Sheridan Hendrix, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024
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