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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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Recent Examples of profit
Noun
McIntyre has been touring his Chronically Online Podcast around the U.S. since January under an 0-1 visa, which is how most artists, comedians, or creators such as himself do so legally for profit. Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025 The group allegedly used profits from the marijuana sales, soaring in the millions, to purchase luxury homes, automobiles, jewelry and other items in Massachusetts. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
Verb
During the Gilded Age—a period of American history from about 1870 to 1900, marked by explosive growth in industry and technology, and the extravagance of those who profited off its working class—Newport was the summer playground for the 1 percent. AFAR Media, 3 July 2025 From gentrification, to the removal of indigenous communities from their lands for economic exploitation, to wars waged for territorial gain while wealthy countries profit from arms sales, the treatment of refugees and immigrants forced to leave their countries due to conflicts or oppression. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for profit
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Noun
  • Tens of billions of dollars of tariff revenue are coming into the United States every month.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
  • In the past 10 years (since landmark publications like Deep & Cross Networks and Tensorflow by Google), big tech companies have leveraged these models to earn billions of dollars in revenue.
    Harvey Hu, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Wealthy nations and corporations benefit from AI's capabilities while poorer communities disproportionately suffer from its environmental consequences.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Those with lower incomes benefit far less and those same people are in danger of losing their health and nutrition assistance.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • By comparing deaths across countries that received low, medium and high amounts of USAID aid — while accounting for differences in population, income, education and other non-aid factors — the team was able to estimate the human effects of that aid.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 1 July 2025
  • The West Coast city notched points for its low unemployment rate (3.1%) and high income growth.
    Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • These gains are achieved through standardized, scalable and reusable systems as well as automated workflows.
    Steve Millidge, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • In Europe, the Stoxx 600 is up 6.7%, and in Asia, most major markets are in positive territory, with Hong Kong and South Korea posting a whopping 20% gain year to date.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 July 2025

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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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