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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
Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Texas Chainsaw Massacre grossed $31M, with the filmmakers getting stiffed on profits.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
And that invisibility serves the interests of the platforms that profit from dysfunction.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Betting, like cannabis and cabaret before it, has shed its reputation as a vice, and the nation has eagerly forgotten that sportsbooks exist to turn a profit.
—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Texas Chainsaw Massacre grossed $31M, with the filmmakers getting stiffed on profits.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
Trump and his spokespeople have rarely had to even defend his choice to operate a global business empire that stands to profit from his decisions.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
And that invisibility serves the interests of the platforms that profit from dysfunction.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
Noun
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The region typically represents significant box office revenue for Hindi films given the large Indian diaspora populations in those markets.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The company’s share of its agreement with California — $55 million — is barely a speck on its balance sheet; revenue for Alphabet, Google’s parent company, topped $102 billion in its most recent quarterly earnings report.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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At the time, many of the provisions contained benefited from bipartisan support.—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Smith said a model incorporating all trade union concerns works at Fullstack Modular in Carson, for example, where workers benefit from, among other things, being able to work at one location rather than ever-changing construction sites.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act insurance – as well as older adults and low-income families enrolled in government health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid – typically get drug discounts through their insurance plans.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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The main Medicaid program, which covers a much broader range of services for over 77 million low-income and disabled people, does not cover people living in the country illegally.—
Phil Galewitz,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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These performance gains have immediate implications for safety during human–robot interaction.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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Jason Wilbanks was charged with computer tampering, evidence tampering, using his office for personal gain, and soliciting to commit a drug crime.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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