How to Use not-for-profit in a Sentence
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It’s used by gringo academics and not-for-profit rent-seekers.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
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Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
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But not all not-for-profit groups are exempt from paying property taxes.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
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Discounts are available for not-for-profit festivals.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
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The film office is a not-for-profit overseen by a 27-member board of directors.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
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Siegel is also a board member of the private not-for-profit Alliance for Aging.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
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These not-for-profit institutions are created and owned by their customers, who are called members.
—Becca Stanek, The Week, 16 Mar. 2023
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How the government interacts with the not-for-profit sector and the private sector.
—Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Musk wants the court to order those gains to be returned to the part of OpenAI that's still not-for-profit.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
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Votes were submitted on the website of the not-for-profit trust for just over two weeks this month, with the polls closing on March 16.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
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The Dixon was chartered as a not-for-profit corporation and opened in 1976.
—Mark Russell, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
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The city needs the private sector, for-profit and not-for-profit, and the city needs regular Angelenos.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2023
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The British monarch has been a patron of the not-for-profit organization from Day One.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
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That's where the volunteer pilots of the not-for-profit Turtles Fly Too have come to the rescue.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 30 June 2023
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If your idea of a great trip includes learning, Road Scholars, a not-for-profit travel outfitter, is for you.
—Tykesha Spivey Burton, Essence, 8 Mar. 2025
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Netscape open-sourced its software and reappeared as the not-for-profit Mozilla and the browser Firefox.
—Suzannah Showler, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
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Sharp said credit unions, as not-for-profit cooperatives, use the revenue to offer lower rates to customers.
—Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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BIDs are not-for-profit companies funded by those who live and work in them via a levy based on the rateable value of their properties.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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From July 1, cannabis will be available in licensed not-for-profit clubs with no more than 500 members – all of whom would have to be adults.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
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At the time, Needham said Victory was owned by a local foundation as a not-for-profit hospital.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the year, the not-for-profit puts on events like movie nights in the gardens, sunset happy hours with live music, and workshops on how to grow your own native varieties.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
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Throughout the year, the not-for-profit puts on events like movie nights in the gardens, sunset happy hours with live music, and workshops on how to grow your own native varieties.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
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Throughout the year, the not-for-profit puts on events like movie nights in the gardens, sunset happy hours with live music, and workshops on how to grow your own native varieties.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 July 2024
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Since then it’s become known as one of the most successful not-for-profit theaters in the country, hosting numerous large-scale touring productions each year.
—Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 2 July 2025
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From July 1, cannabis would also be available in licensed not-for-profit clubs with no more than 500 members – all of whom would have to be adults.
—Nadine Schmidt, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
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The few details about the process have come from Missouri 811, the not-for-profit notification center.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
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Holy Cross, is a member of Trinity Health and is a not-for-profit, Catholic teaching hospital.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
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Rolex operates as a Swiss not-for-profit, and likely discloses no financial records to the Swiss government.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
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He was taken to the not-for-profit Grandfather Mountain center to live with Griffin, an older bald eagle.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2025
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Both are owned by Baptist Health South Florida, the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare system.
—Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
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