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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
Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
While continued strong demand from the AI boom has seen major chipmakers' profits soar this year, the conflict in the Middle East has raised serious concerns about their global supply chains, particularly helium.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
Tapping into the soft skills that for millennia have allowed women to profit outside the bounds of conventional economy, the tradwife offers a vision of purity to her online audience in exchange for engagement and direct or indirect income.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Noun
House Enrolled Act 1002 also ties utility profits to performance metrics, including affordability and service restoration, and utilities will use a three-year rate plan.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
While continued strong demand from the AI boom has seen major chipmakers' profits soar this year, the conflict in the Middle East has raised serious concerns about their global supply chains, particularly helium.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
Goldhaber argues that Big Tech companies aren’t just profiting off of our communications and our social media engagement.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
Tapping into the soft skills that for millennia have allowed women to profit outside the bounds of conventional economy, the tradwife offers a vision of purity to her online audience in exchange for engagement and direct or indirect income.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
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China chip sector faces more disruption Washington’s various restrictions over the past few years have actually helped boost China’s domestic semiconductor industry, analysts told CNBC, with several companies reporting record revenues last year.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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In some areas of the state, county leaders say allowing the creation of data centers can help to diversify the tax revenue away from industries like agriculture, oil, and gas.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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According to court documents, former USPS Senior Network Analyst Zechariah Yi, 52, and employee Tai Ryoung Rho, 51, both of Aurora, Colorado, worked with Wan Jin Yoon, 51, of Plano, and Hong Jin Yoon, 48, of Denver, who owned the trucking companies that benefited from the scheme.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI’s founders vowed not to privilege speed over safety, and the organization’s articles of incorporation made benefitting humanity a legally binding duty.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Fifty units would have to be rented to households that earn below 80% of the median income for the Baltimore area; 25 units would be for residents that make less than 50% of the median income, and 26 units would be rented at market rates.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Of those, about 20% are low-income residents who shoulder some of the highest energy costs in the state.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The fastball command that Niebla described as his superpower has accompanied the gains in velocity.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Statewide, some of the largest job gains during January occurred in the population-heavy urban centers of Southern California.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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