for profit

Example Sentences

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But Hivernat insists that steep overheads leave little room for profit.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Serious collectors won’t be sorry to see the departure of the speculators who tried to flip paintings for profit in recent years and pushed up prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

AT&T stock was up 0.6% Wednesday, after beating Wall Street forecasts for profit and the number of cellphone customers it signed up.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The problem for CME’s stock, however, is that Wall Street was anticipating an exceptional first-quarter earnings report, so estimates for profit and revenue had climbed during the quarter.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

But in fact, Gey’s history indicates that he wasn’t particularly interested in science for profit: in the early 1940s he’d turned down a request to create and run the first commercial cell-culture lab.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot