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lucrative

adjective as in productive, well-paid

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Despite all that spending, it isn’t clear when the companies will see returns on their investments, or how lucrative they will be.

Plus, the company is sitting on “a lucrative incremental growth opportunity” as it moves forward with an expansion of its grocery ambitions.

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The men, aged from 20 to 39, were lured to join the mercenary forces under the pretext of lucrative contracts, the government said.

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After the raids, he had been forced to close for stretches during the typically lucrative summer months.

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Venture Global instead sold the gas from the terminal on the lucrative spot market that year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Russian energy sent prices soaring.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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