as in lucrative
yielding a profit made a highly remunerative investment that will end up paying my college tuition

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Recent Examples of remunerative Stable, remunerative employment reinforces good habits and discourages bad ones. Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020 While those with investments in the stock market see the ongoing rout as a sign to cut their losses and move money to safer, more remunerative markets. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024 But teaching hospitals typically pay residents and fellows the same stipend for each year of training, regardless of specialty, financially incentivizing hospitals to train doctors in more remunerative specialties. Abraham Nussbaum and Renee Y. Hsia, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023 Of the twenty-five most remunerative majors, two are economics and business; the rest are technical. Ryan Craig, Forbes, 5 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for remunerative
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Adjective
  • Dynamic is his attempt to bring that system to the U.S. Most of the kids at Dynamic won’t make the N.B.A., but all of them could play for major college programs—and big-time college basketball is a lucrative endeavor in itself.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • Additionally, hospitals strategically manage their patient mix to game the 340B eligibility criteria and expand into wealthier neighborhoods to capture lucrative outpatient drug margins.
    Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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  • But profitable self-driving car services have thus far remained elusive for other providers.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
  • The carrier will also look to wind down underperforming routes while focusing on profitable ones, and is reassessing the size and scope of its leadership team, JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty said in the memo to employees.
    Shivansh Tiwary, USA Today, 18 June 2025

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“Remunerative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remunerative. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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