as in lucrative
yielding a profit
graduated from school and went looking for gainful employment
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Recent Examples of gainful
Addiction Recovery Care treats substance abuse disorders, and then trains those recovering from substance abuse for gainful employment.
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is a program that can wipe out the federal student loan debt for borrowers who are unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical impairment.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The lefty newspaper has had an uptick in workers’ interest because there is gainful employment at the baths.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
Those no longer willing or able to come into the office five days a week can find gainful employment in the private sector.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is a program that can wipe out the federal student loan debt for borrowers who are unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical impairment.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The lefty newspaper has had an uptick in workers’ interest because there is gainful employment at the baths.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
Those no longer willing or able to come into the office five days a week can find gainful employment in the private sector.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gainful
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By focusing on solving specific issues, starting with frizz and graying roots, Color Wow has tapped into a lucrative trend, explains Dan Su, a beauty analyst at Morningstar.—
Gigi Zamora,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Aside from her lucrative creative career, Bhabie opened up about her health last year, sadly revealing she was diagnosed with cancer.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2025
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Musk's SpaceX has spent years positioning itself at the center of American civil and military spaceflight – a profitable relationship that has made the company's CEO incredibly wealthy.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Boeing, with its essential role in American aerospace dominance and global commercial aviation, represents the perfect storm of characteristics that make TACO trades profitable.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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This rich display of possibility is part of what makes crafting feel worthwhile.—
Andrea Valdez,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2025
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Get an understanding of whether any worthwhile players would take the $5.7 million taxpayer midlevel exception for one or more years who would not be willing to sign for the minimum.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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“Gainful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gainful. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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