at a profit
Example Sentences
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As it curbs imports through the use of inventories and reduced refinery runs, China is also reselling crude it was contracted to buy to other countries, often at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
The couple’s Sherman Oaks abode would serve as their first official home as a family of four, before they offloaded at a profit for $2.99 million in 2014.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025
Sales of office buildings have slowed, in part because large institutional investors are skeptical that property values will appreciate enough to resell them at a profit after five years, as is common practice.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
Adidas further said it had sold another €150m worth of Yeezy products in the quarter, at a profit of around €50m.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
Some of the black people who bought what was left resold it to others in the township, at a profit.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
