for profit

Example Sentences

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They take our data, our time and our attention, and then turn around and monetize it, selling it for profit to ensure that we continue to fund their wives’ frivolous trips into space.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Manufactured scarcity created ripe conditions to flip the goods for profit online, and for disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

BofA warned that given almost all the bears are now back into the stock market, early June could be “ripe for profit taking.”

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Akamai’s previous full-year guidance from February called for profit 0f $6.20 a share to $7.20 a share on a revenue range of $4.4 billion to $4.55 billion.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

He taught her all he knew of painting flowers for profit.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman