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as in lucrative
yielding a profit
selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
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as in beneficial
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
I have always found honesty to be a profitable course of action
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Recent Examples of profitable
Banning prop bets would eliminate a key ingredient in the sportsbook’s most profitable product.
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David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
But Navan is not yet profitable.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Cnbc Contributor, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The profitable football program heavily subsidizes other university athletic departments, and a decline could also impact alumni donations.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The latest round of pickets comes just ahead of Starbucks’ holiday drink season, one of the company’s busiest and most profitable times of the year.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
But Navan is not yet profitable.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Cnbc Contributor, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The profitable football program heavily subsidizes other university athletic departments, and a decline could also impact alumni donations.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The latest round of pickets comes just ahead of Starbucks’ holiday drink season, one of the company’s busiest and most profitable times of the year.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profitable
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Swain and the Houlihan Lokey team view the area, still in its infancy, as a huge field for lucrative fundraising and investment-banking business.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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SpaceX was awarded a lucrative contract to develop the upper stage of its Starship spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the lunar surface as part of NASA's Artemis campaign.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Industry pushback and innovation concerns Some tech companies argue that such regulation could stifle innovation, limit beneficial uses of conversational AI (education, mental-health support for older teens) or impose heavy compliance burdens.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, most are weaker and can deliver beneficial precipitation to water supplies, according to NOAA.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Gomes also expresses that rather than keying in on the designers that Talley had a longstanding relationship with within an exhibit, settling on a larger theme, the breadth of experiences, clothing, images, stories, and also paraphernalia associated with Talley was more worthwhile.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
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Only worthwhile markdowns are featured here, prioritizing value and dependable brands.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The measure’s approval allows Democrats to redraw congressional maps more favorable to their party in the nation’s largest state and keep up with Republicans who have moved to add potential new red House seats in Texas and elsewhere.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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By contrast, the Moon is a much more favorable environment by many metrics.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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Trinkets are either very helpful or very pointless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Supportive footwear or braces can also be helpful, when needed.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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However, on his eighth touch, Payne turned a good play into a disaster.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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Arsenal’s second-half performance here was arguably their best of the campaign.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Profitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profitable. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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