as in lucrative
yielding a profit
graduated from school and went looking for gainful employment
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Recent Examples of gainful
Additionally, the bill would repeal regulations for schools like the gainful employment rule, which requires institutions to demonstrate their educational offerings are sufficient to help students land well-paying jobs.
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were gainful, unfailing and unflagging.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Or workers could simply have given up on Martinsville and moved elsewhere in search of gainful employment.
—Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Her husband takes a stab at gainful employment with a food delivery service but quits because the wealthier class of Singaporean customers prove fussy and prone to complaining.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were gainful, unfailing and unflagging.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Or workers could simply have given up on Martinsville and moved elsewhere in search of gainful employment.
—Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Her husband takes a stab at gainful employment with a food delivery service but quits because the wealthier class of Singaporean customers prove fussy and prone to complaining.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gainful
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Years later, many remain relevant through their digital platforms and their own lucrative multi-million-dollar businesses.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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The former five-division world champion has still been in the ring regularly throughout his 40s with a series of lucrative exhibition bouts against the likes of online influencer Logan Paul, YouTuber Mikuri Asakura and John Gotti III, the grandson of the infamous mafia boss.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The company is profitable, says Holden, who initially launched it while working full-time as a senior relationship manager for an advertising company and taking care of her baby.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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The second misconception is that recycling is inherently profitable because the environmental case is so clear.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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The latter is just as worthwhile at Kamuy inside the Royal Park Canvas.—
Alex Halberstadt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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And so those all play into the evaluation of whether this is worthwhile of taking a risk for a vaccine or not.—
Jon LaPook,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Gainful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gainful. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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