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 benefits
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profits
Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
China has ramped up calls this year to encourage overseas investors to reinvest their profits within the country, and introduced tax incentives to encourage them to do so.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Nearly 80% of our profits were coming out of the US.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
But those alternatives are more costly, eroding profits.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
The new set will also see 100% of the profits being donated to the Rare Impact Fund, which is dedicated to expanding access to mental health resources and education for young individuals around the world.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Layoffs can occur for many reasons; while they can be viewed as a signal about how companies view economic headwinds, the reasons may also be more localized to individual companies amid restructuring or plans to maximize profits.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Also, support political candidates who prioritize consumer protection over industry profits.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
The day after conservative political leader and Arizona resident Charlie Kirk was assassinated, leaders from Christian, conservative and libertarian non-profits stood outside the Arizona Supreme Court with a sign.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
The trial was designed to appeal to cash-conscious customers, who’ve been cutting eating out from their budgets, hurting restaurants’ profits.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
China has ramped up calls this year to encourage overseas investors to reinvest their profits within the country, and introduced tax incentives to encourage them to do so.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Nearly 80% of our profits were coming out of the US.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
But those alternatives are more costly, eroding profits.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
The new set will also see 100% of the profits being donated to the Rare Impact Fund, which is dedicated to expanding access to mental health resources and education for young individuals around the world.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Layoffs can occur for many reasons; while they can be viewed as a signal about how companies view economic headwinds, the reasons may also be more localized to individual companies amid restructuring or plans to maximize profits.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Also, support political candidates who prioritize consumer protection over industry profits.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
The day after conservative political leader and Arizona resident Charlie Kirk was assassinated, leaders from Christian, conservative and libertarian non-profits stood outside the Arizona Supreme Court with a sign.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
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The next battleground is the execution layer, where the question becomes not just who builds the models, but who profits when AI stops talking and starts acting for users.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
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The film benefits from its avoidance of a too-tidy, sentimental outcome, even if some in the audience might be left craving one.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The community benefits coalition partnered with the city, the University of Michigan and others to conduct long-term health impact assessments of residents in the project area, pre-bridge construction, during construction and once the bridge is operational.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Although those companies have driven enormous market gains over the past several years, many Wall Street analysts fear that the AI market has become a bubble — powered by unsustainable gains that are driven more by FOMO than fundamentals.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Even short, steady sessions a few times a week can add up to meaningful gains in muscle, metabolism, and overall health.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Profits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profits. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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