lucrative

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The improvement is explained partly by Wall Street enthusiasm for booming obesity-drug sales and for an uptick in dealmaking, which show there is a lucrative exit available for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the same time, it’s also not uncommon for businesses owned by private-equity firms to close on a whim, where relentlessly profit-driven decisions might be made simply to pursue more lucrative projects.

From Los Angeles Times

Pankaj Chadha, chairman of the Engineering Export Promotion Council, said diversification had become a necessity to lessen dependence on the "biggest and the most lucrative" market.

From Barron's

Many nations do not send athletes to it, while others take skeleton teams, shorn of their leading lights, whose winter focus instead lies on training for lucrative spring road races or prominent summer track opportunities.

From BBC

While players have complained about packed schedules, some have nonetheless chosen to take part in lucrative exhibition matches when they could be resting.

From Barron's