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as in earnings
the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received
after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20
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as in revenue
an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property
found that there was a profit in training dogs for rich people
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profit
Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Asics North America kicked off fiscal 2026 on a high note delivering its fourth consecutive quarterly profit in the first quarter of the year.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
David Ingram, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Meta is being sued by a California prosecutor alleging that the tech giants is knowingly facilitating and profiting billions of dollars from scam ads on its social media platforms.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 11 May 2026
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Noun
Artists Equity launched in 2022, with financing from Gerry Cardinale and his RedBird Capital Partners, and touted a business model in which everyone who worked on a movie would receive a piece of the profits.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Asics North America kicked off fiscal 2026 on a high note delivering its fourth consecutive quarterly profit in the first quarter of the year.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Verb
In a case pending in federal court in Oakland, California, three Facebook users allege that the company profits from online swindles at the expense of users.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Meta is being sued by a California prosecutor alleging that the tech giants is knowingly facilitating and profiting billions of dollars from scam ads on its social media platforms.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
Noun
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Public disclosures showed its parent company reported no revenue and had less than $6,000 in cash on hand a few months before the Development Authority of Fulton County in October gave initial approval to a $10 million property tax break.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
11 May 2026
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Some of this revenue goes to the state levying the tax, and about 18 cents of it goes to the federal coffers.—
Jiachuan Wu,
NBC news,
11 May 2026
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Cignetti has benefited from Indiana devoting more resources and spending on football than ever before, both from an infrastructure and roster perspective, and by using the transfer portal, where the Hoosiers were able to add several standouts.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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By evening, the Aries Moon moves through your 6th House of Work and Wellness, energizing routines and ambitions that benefit from bold follow-through.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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This is especially important for low-income communities and others who rely heavily on the shot for contraception.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Multiple studies in 2024–26 have ranked San Jose as the least affordable housing market in the United States, based on comparisons of home prices to local incomes.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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While states had sought to change their maps for partisan gain, Republicans in some Southern states are also scrambling to redraw their House district boundaries after the Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in a landmark decision last month.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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China’s economy is now about 60% to 70% as big as that of the US, a gain of more than threefold in the past 20 years.—
David Westin,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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