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Recent Examples of profitability
On the profitability side, EBITDA declined 24% to $466 million (€398 million) after a record level of $389 million (€332 million) was invested back into the company.
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Returns are a high-stakes, high-volume business challenge directly tied to profitability, loyalty and brand integrity.
—Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Around 2022, major Hollywood companies with streaming platforms began recalibrating from a business model focused on producing mass quantities of titles to lure subscribers to one focused on profitability.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
As one of the few global chains with the size and procurement power to cut prices without immediately crippling profitability, the company can play offense where smaller rivals cannot.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Along with traction with advertisers, NBCU is also phasing in a $3-a-month price hike, which should help the company achieve profitability in the near term.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Returns are a high-stakes, high-volume business challenge directly tied to profitability, loyalty and brand integrity.
—Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Around 2022, major Hollywood companies with streaming platforms began recalibrating from a business model focused on producing mass quantities of titles to lure subscribers to one focused on profitability.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
As one of the few global chains with the size and procurement power to cut prices without immediately crippling profitability, the company can play offense where smaller rivals cannot.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Along with traction with advertisers, NBCU is also phasing in a $3-a-month price hike, which should help the company achieve profitability in the near term.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profitability
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Not only in terms of performance and Bundesliga survival, but also in the worth (and desirability) of some of these individual players, whose success could help Bremen — a traditional club, but with a modest wage spend — move up the food chain.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Cummings agreed that the one bright spot about working in the decade is the nostalgic desirability of the styles and items most associated with the period.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the meantime, Chicago’s humanities professors appear largely determined to resist being evaluated in terms of expediency.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 2025
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Trade policy built on ad hoc decisions and political expediency doesn't deliver for the broader economy.—
Devry Boughner Vorwerk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Not louder claims, but quieter usefulness.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This is not to dismiss the potential usefulness of AI models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Highways were often placed not for logistical necessity but for racial and economic expedience, creating literal barriers between white downtowns and Black communities.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
25 Aug. 2025
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Companies that bend to short-term political expedience may end up regretting it when the winds inevitably change again.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
31 July 2025
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Our time behind the wheel wasn't big on fun, practicality, or that classic Mini spirit.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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As with his clothing, Armani favored simple yet elegant designs that emphasized practicality and a human presence in his interiors.—
Joseph Giovannini,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Profitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profitability. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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