profiting

present participle of profit

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Recent Examples of profiting What’s troubling to Engel is that the president is profiting from it. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Still, Acranom keeps profiting by evading a logical penalty for bribery. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026 The brands profiting from that attention, and the employers hiring for it, must decide whether the people behind the screens get to log off, too. Ashley Hass, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 This bill prohibits officials from profiting off of their public offices through stock trading and prediction markets. Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 29 June 2026 The Al-Khayyat family prospered under the previous regime, and some relatives were sanctioned for supporting the government and profiting from the war. Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 June 2026 The Kremlin’s strategy has long been to outlast Ukraine in an attritional war profiting from its immense population and large military industry that can sustain a slow, grinding campaign. Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 The same institution profiting from Google’s caution around World Cup queries is racing to make sure fans never need to leave FIFA’s own ecosystem to get a World Cup answer either. Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 There was an irony, then, that Romo was responsible for their winning goal — profiting from a calamitous defensive mix-up between South Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu and defender Lee Gi-hyuk in the 50th minute. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiting
benefiting
Verb
  • Drug stocks have had a great few weeks, benefiting from the rotation away from AI winners.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Geevarghese, with the Bernie Sanders-backed Our Revolution, said progressive candidates are tapping into a sense that elites are benefiting at the expense of ordinary Americans.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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“Profiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiting. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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