How to Use profitable in a Sentence
profitable
adjective- The movie was very profitable.
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That should make phone theft less profitable.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
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Please, tell us more, and this movie will be profitable in no time.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
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But this profitable quarter is not a one-off.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
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But two of the more recent moves proved profitable.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026
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And that means your business needs to be more than profitable.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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That type of rental agreement turned out to be quite profitable.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
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Its last profitable quarter was two years ago.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 June 2026
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What are the most profitable side hustles?
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 May 2026
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So long as the films were profitable, the financiers left them alone.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
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That's what makes the wagers more profitable.
—Dan Gallo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
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But none of them are profitable, the FT says.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Which will be more profitable in 2026?
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
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The cuts will also free up aircraft to fly more profitable routes.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
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Here are the most profitable cities in the country to host an Airbnb.
—Marcus Reichley, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
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So there are still plenty of profitable options to choose from.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
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These changes pushed Promod to its first profitable year in a decade.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
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By the end of their run, only corn and soybeans were profitable.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
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In fact, in-person traffic is still the most profitable point of sale.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 28 July 2024
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Red44 was poised to have its most profitable quarter to date.
—Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
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But Navan is not yet profitable.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Cnbc Contributor, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
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If touring is no longer profitable, how will artists survive?
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
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These have been two of the nine most profitable under teams in the league this season.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2022
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There have been 5 signals in the last year and all the buys and the sells have been profitable.
—Bill Sarubbi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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The ad business is very profitable and growing.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
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Marimekko has seen profitable growth even through the pandemic.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
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But, online sports betting made prop bets more profitable.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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But which, exactly, will be the most profitable?
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 May 2026
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Ranching was more profitable back then, life softer.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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Growth for growth’s sake isn’t the goal; profitable, sustainable growth is.
—Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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