Definition of remunerativenext
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 This mundane enterprise turned out to be reasonably remunerative. Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025 One of higher education’s unsung scandals is enrollment caps for the most remunerative majors, namely the most technical and scientific. Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 At the same time, a growing chorus of policy wonks and public officials, including yours truly, have argued that Americans shouldn’t have to buy a college degree in order to find remunerative employment. Frederick Hess, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 These hothouses draw an inexhaustible supply of idealistic pilgrims who’ve chosen to forego more stable and remunerative career paths in pursuit of the high-wire act that is a meaningful creative life. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for remunerative
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  • Hollywood voice actors are split over AI voice cloning, as big-name performers license lucrative replicas while freelancers see jobs vanish and fear training their own replacements.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As part of the earnings release, Nvidia made its case for why the OpenAI data center in Ohio is so lucrative.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • The stakes in this case are high for Meta, a market leader and one of the most profitable social media companies in the world.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
  • This age group is the most profitable for childcare providers, as the larger class sizes of pre-K children subsidize the cost of caring for infants and toddlers.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026

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

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