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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to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profits
ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Novartis warned earlier this year that profits would decline in early 2026 as some of its best-selling drugs, including heart medicine Entresto face generic competition.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors say the loan payments were routed through the government’s preferential currency-exchange system, producing windfall profits.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Barzee said that, regardless of the overpayment, Cherfilus-McCormick was entitled to profits from the business.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
The profits declined in 2025, but $400 billion in one year is a nice payday.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the key problems is that the corporate profits tax has been weak, slicing projections by $75 million.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Any changes that decrease the time people spend scrolling, sharing and interacting on these networks could hurt the companies’ profits.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Comedian launches GoFundMe Mwanyenyeka has since launched a GoFundMe to help cover legal expenses related to the lawsuit, which seeks more than $20 million in alleged damages and estimates disgorgement of profits at about $7 million.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
Customers deserve to know who profits from their utility bills, what incentives shape utility decisions, and how those incentives align with the long-term needs of the communities NIPSCO serves.
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 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
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
Jonah Markham gives a really impassioned speech in this episode about his motives and how the defense industry is fueled by and profits off of unnecessary war and the death and destruction of innocent lives.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
Now amid the Greeley strike and other slaughter plant capacity reductions — including the closure of a major Tyson Foods’ plant in Nebraska — JBS and other companies are seeing profits increase, Martin said.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Novartis warned earlier this year that profits would decline in early 2026 as some of its best-selling drugs, including heart medicine Entresto face generic competition.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors say the loan payments were routed through the government’s preferential currency-exchange system, producing windfall profits.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Barzee said that, regardless of the overpayment, Cherfilus-McCormick was entitled to profits from the business.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
The profits declined in 2025, but $400 billion in one year is a nice payday.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the key problems is that the corporate profits tax has been weak, slicing projections by $75 million.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Any changes that decrease the time people spend scrolling, sharing and interacting on these networks could hurt the companies’ profits.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Comedian launches GoFundMe Mwanyenyeka has since launched a GoFundMe to help cover legal expenses related to the lawsuit, which seeks more than $20 million in alleged damages and estimates disgorgement of profits at about $7 million.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
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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
Customers deserve to know who profits from their utility bills, what incentives shape utility decisions, and how those incentives align with the long-term needs of the communities NIPSCO serves.
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 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
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
Jonah Markham gives a really impassioned speech in this episode about his motives and how the defense industry is fueled by and profits off of unnecessary war and the death and destruction of innocent lives.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
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Decouple benefits eligibility from full-time hour thresholds.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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What benefits parents and what benefits children might not always be one and the same.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Early military gains give way to a larger strategic mess.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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During key periods like the pandemic boom and another surge in 2025, trading card indexes tracking Pokémon sales posted gains that far exceeded the S&P 500's long-term average annual return of 10% to 12%, according to trading card valuation tool Card Ladder.—
Brandon Gomez,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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