profits 1 of 2

plural of profit
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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profits

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verb

present tense third-person singular of profit

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Recent Examples of profits
Noun
The investments actually resulted in big losses, and Dillman falsely told investors that Block Bits cryptocurrency trading had led to significant profits, authorities said. Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Instead, the move will just make cattlemen lose profits for the next three months at the same rate the beef is being discounted. Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Policies that lead to reductions in drug prices typically worry investors because profits also can drop. Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Only like 5% of watches are made in Switzerland, but that’s where 90% of profits are made. Robert Frank, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 The life insurance companies didn't like how these deals were eating into their profits. Vito Emanuel, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 And artists deserve a fair pay percentage for work that assists their employers in making profits. Pat Saperstein, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 About half those profits came from immunotherapy drugs like pembrolizumab and nivolumab. CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 When those contracts resolved in his favor, his profits exceeded $400,000. The Insider, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
The former is akin to the player profits the Premier League and UEFA allow clubs to include in their SCR calculations, but the EFL’s version comes replete with crucial differences. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The argument is about how coverage is structured, who profits from the current structure and what employers can do about it before their next renewal becomes a crisis. Yasser Almuaala, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Click here for a full list of non-profits the stores support. Dawn White, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 This sentence demonstrates that anyone who profits from these schemes will face serious consequences. Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 July 2026 For too long, families and businesses have been at the mercy of a fossil fuel industry that profits from scarcity and price volatility while passing the costs on to customers. Julianna Larue, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 In a case pending in federal court in Oakland, California, three Facebook users allege that the company profits from online swindles at the expense of users. David Ingram, NBC news, 12 May 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
Noun
  • This comes after shares of Target spiked last Wednesday after the retailer reported second-quarter top- and bottom-line gains and raised its outlook for the year.
    Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The apartment search platform analyzed more than 100 metropolitan areas across the United States to determine which saw the most significant gains in millennial homeowners and renters.
    Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There will be two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, which greatly benefits Democrats.
    Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The biggest change will land next year, when states with SNAP error rates of at least 6% must begin funding a percentage of the food benefits themselves.
    Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Profits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profits. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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