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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 The job was not remunerative and there was no job security. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025 Over the next few years Trump will have major influence over antitrust policy, the development and use of artificial intelligence and the growth and prevalence of cryptocurrency, to name just some of the issues of vital and remunerative interest to the tech industry. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 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 Stable, remunerative employment reinforces good habits and discourages bad ones. Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020 See All Example Sentences for remunerative
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  • Last April, Döpfner closed the deal to spin off his company’s lucrative German classified advertising businesses and bought out his partner, the private equity firm KKR.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Lutnick has said the Administration is even considering taking ownership stakes in big defense contractors, such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, presumably as the price of renewing their lucrative federal contracts.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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  • Although timber remains the primary long-term commercial value, growing improved varieties for both nuts and timber is considered potentially highly profitable, provided there is a long-term perspective and proper tree management.
    Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2025
  • This retrograde wants to remind you that your creativity doesn’t have to be profitable, and your love doesn’t have to be performative.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025

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“Remunerative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remunerative. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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