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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
Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
On the winning side was Cracker Barrel, which surprised investors Tuesday by posting strong third-quarter profit and revenue.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI need more money, while the venture-capital and private-equity firms that have been propping them up want to finally profit from their major investments.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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Noun
Tourist-friendly businesses The influx of World Cup fans is slowly starting to generate profit for businesses in tourist hotspots, workers and entrepreneurs say, and is expected to bring in even more after the tournament starts on June 11.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
On the winning side was Cracker Barrel, which surprised investors Tuesday by posting strong third-quarter profit and revenue.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
Verb
William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium on July 8, 1896, at the Democratic National Convention inside Chicago Coliseum at 63rd Street and Stony Island Avenue, and demonstrated that reformers could profit from working within the system instead of fighting it.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI need more money, while the venture-capital and private-equity firms that have been propping them up want to finally profit from their major investments.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
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Three of his four catches moved the sticks on Sunday, and two were explosive gains (at least 16 yards), including a 33-yard grab on third-and-6 in the fourth quarter.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2025
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Brands need a tool for building real loyalty, rather than short-term financial gain.—
Ron Tarter,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2025
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Yet sluggishness at the very top is masking dynamism throughout the rest of the list, as a new generation of firms—whether Vietnamese conglomerates, Singaporean banks, or once-loss-making digital platforms—is capturing a greater share of regional revenue and profits.—
Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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Newsom doesn’t collect any real revenue from his podcast, but did report collecting more than $100,000 in publication fee and royalties last year for books he’s written.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Science would benefit from less hyperspecialization.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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Supported by hundreds of contributors, Freedom Needs a Soundtrack will be released without advertising, with net proceeds benefiting Students for a Free Tibet and the Tibet Action Institute.—
Michele Amabile Angermiller,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
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The share of income that consumers spend on food has fallen by roughly 70 percent since the turn of the 20th century thanks to the mechanization of farming.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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The path wasn’t a straight line, with 2022 taking a hit from elevated catastrophe losses, but margins and investment income have accelerated sharply, coinciding nicely with the implementation of AI and higher-for-longer interest rates.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
11 June 2026
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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