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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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Electra’s analysis found that the configuration could deliver up to a 17 percent efficiency improvement beyond gains expected by 2050 from advanced structures, engine technologies, and aerodynamic improvements.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Your 10th House of Career gains shine as beauty-loving Venus arrives, supporting confident polish and the power of understated presence.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to put the measure on the ballot, with an allocation plan that will move revenue primarily to nonprofit health care providers and county health departments and hospitals, but also to Planned Parenthood and city health care departments in Pasadena and Long Beach.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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In 2024 and in 2025, ad revenue is between 67 and 69 million just for listeners at home, and viewership this season is up nine percent according to Variety, and Paramount puts the average viewers at nine million per show.—
Zulekha Nathoo,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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The defendants also noted the State Auditor report's findings that telework policies benefited state employees significantly.—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Thousands of listings in Chicago were taken down from Zillow when the regional listing service in my area, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), decided to cut off the information from Zillow in a play to protect private listings and serve those who benefit from the exclusivity agenda.—
Cam Lippert-Roof,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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But child care for two children would cost well over $1,000 a month per child — a daunting expense for a family suddenly relying on a single income.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program provides food assistance to those in very-low-income households which are those earning less than 130 percent of the poverty guideline.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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