for profit

Example Sentences

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This isn’t unheard of: Some universities already have taxable, for-profit arms, whether it’s in real estate development, hospitality or startup incubators.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Such hospice providers are not owned by private-equity firms or for-profit entities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

California privacy law specifically requires certain large for-profit companies to get consent to collect data from anyone under 16.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

One non-Apollo investment was a $34 million stake in a for-profit education company co-founded by Michael Milken, whom Black previously worked with at the now-defunct investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Technical academies are well represented, most of them from the for-profit sector that has been under scrutiny in recent years because students too often emerge with tens of thousands of dollars of debt—but not jobs.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove