lucrative
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Lucrative investment performance is far more a function of luck than any of us like to admit.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
Lucrative office jobs are exceedingly tough to get, he said, and even factory work has become less certain than before.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Lucrative contracts from governments such as the UK or US are a major revenue stream for many cyber-security companies too.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023
Lucrative businesses such as sand and gravel quarrying and sightseeing tours have also thrived openly despite the ban and the mountain’s frequent eruptions — now 53 times on record since 1616.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023
“Me either. This house is creepier than my uncle Willie’s funeral home. Lucrative business, always in demand, but creepy.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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