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Recent Examples of gainful Friday’s ruling arrives days after another federal judge in Texas denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by two for-profit cosmetology schools seeking to block the gainful employment regulation. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 22 June 2024 And that in itself is a challenge, because India does need to create more jobs for this very large demographic, this youth bulge, that needs to find gainful employment. Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2024 So far no one has created a gainful business based on the concept. Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020 The Total and Permanent Disability discharge program allows federal student loan borrowers to request debt cancellation due to a physical or psychological condition that prevents them from engaging in substantial, gainful employment. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gainful 
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Adjective
  • But, as the story goes, the trial and its subsequent publicity made Burrell’s work dry up, and a lucrative book deal was impossible to resist.
    Allie Merriam, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The hostilities are rooted in the spillover of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide into Congo and struggle for control of Congo’s lucrative minerals.
    Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Free trade — with its reduced or even eliminated tariffs — is crucial to keep the business profitable.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Disney’s entertainment streaming business, comprising Disney+ and Hulu, delivered its second straight profitable quarter with operating income of $293 million on revenue of $6.07 billion, up 9%.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • One day, a player is going to get caught out and look pretty silly, but the embarrassment/flex risk/reward assessment is clearly judged worthwhile enough to keep doing it.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The two-mile drive is narrow and winding, but absolutely worthwhile—not only for the natural stone Keyhole Arch that rises alongside the beach (ideally viewed when timed with the sun’s setting rays passing through its opening) but for the beach’s most unique feature: purple sand.
    Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025

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“Gainful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gainful. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.

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