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
Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Isaacman is well suited for leading the space agency during the rise of the commercial space industry, with its large potential profits and much lower launch costs because of reusable rockets.
—Thomas Black, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Ryugyong Hotel is looking for someone to complete the hotel in return for all gambling profits at a casino within.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Police believe that the fund may have paid Bang somewhere around 200 billion won ($135 million) in a side deal that promised him 30% of post-IPO stock sale profits.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Commentary Robust sales growth translated into better-than-expected profits, even as profit margins contracted year over year.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Digging into financial statements reveals that Tesla earned almost zip in repeatable, bedrock profits on the EV side.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Now the Illinois Senate must stand with labor, retirees and middle-class families by passing SB1486 and putting working Illinoisans ahead of insurance company profits.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Falling cocoa prices have, paradoxically, led to falling profits for the world’s largest chocolate maker.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Robert Hart, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2026
My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it.
—Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Because the somewhat complex antitrust case is being tried before a 12-person jury, each party took pains to lay out the process, and provide visual explainers, about how an artist works with promoters and others to book a tour, and who profits.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
Until Puerto Rico is allowed to decide how its energy is produced, who profits from it, and how it is governed, the archipelago will remain trapped in a system that reproduces vulnerability instead of resilience.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
The same Blackstone that profits from NIPSCO.
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
But Exelon utilities are spending at an accelerated — and unnecessary — pace that pushes rates and profits up.
—David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Who profits from voucher-school legislation?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
But Nvidia still dominates in AI chips with the company reporting 62% year-over-year sales growth in the October quarter and profits up 65% compared to a year ago.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
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But land developers and speculators reap huge profits, the state and local governments gleefully do their bidding.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Isaacman is well suited for leading the space agency during the rise of the commercial space industry, with its large potential profits and much lower launch costs because of reusable rockets.
—Thomas Black, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Ryugyong Hotel is looking for someone to complete the hotel in return for all gambling profits at a casino within.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Police believe that the fund may have paid Bang somewhere around 200 billion won ($135 million) in a side deal that promised him 30% of post-IPO stock sale profits.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Commentary Robust sales growth translated into better-than-expected profits, even as profit margins contracted year over year.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Digging into financial statements reveals that Tesla earned almost zip in repeatable, bedrock profits on the EV side.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Now the Illinois Senate must stand with labor, retirees and middle-class families by passing SB1486 and putting working Illinoisans ahead of insurance company profits.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Falling cocoa prices have, paradoxically, led to falling profits for the world’s largest chocolate maker.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Apple, which profits from having apps like X and Grok on its digital store, has not spoken publicly about the issue or its behind-the-scenes intervention.
—Robert Hart, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2026
My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it.
—Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Because the somewhat complex antitrust case is being tried before a 12-person jury, each party took pains to lay out the process, and provide visual explainers, about how an artist works with promoters and others to book a tour, and who profits.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
Until Puerto Rico is allowed to decide how its energy is produced, who profits from it, and how it is governed, the archipelago will remain trapped in a system that reproduces vulnerability instead of resilience.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
The same Blackstone that profits from NIPSCO.
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
But Exelon utilities are spending at an accelerated — and unnecessary — pace that pushes rates and profits up.
—David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Who profits from voucher-school legislation?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
But Nvidia still dominates in AI chips with the company reporting 62% year-over-year sales growth in the October quarter and profits up 65% compared to a year ago.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
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Cap Social Security benefits A final proposal calls for capping the total Social Security benefit retirees can draw in a year.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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This specifically benefits murderers and rapists, the officials said, and implies that parole is automatic, not something earned.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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In both of those cases, executives tied the cuts to efficiency gains from artificial intelligence.—
Katie Paul,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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Alibaba shares have accelerated their gains this month as the Chinese e-commerce giant has released a succession of new artificial intelligence models.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Profits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profits. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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