for profit

Example Sentences

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A private for-profit company, American Advanced Management, swooped to the rescue of Glenn Medical and a nearby hospital in Colusa County, buying them and keeping them open.

From Los Angeles Times

Atlanta officials think that with for-profit supermarket management they can avoid the failures of some other government grocery experiments.

From The Wall Street Journal

St. David’s Medical Center, which is owned by HCA, the largest for-profit hospital chain in America, said it could not discuss her case unless she signed privacy waivers.

From Salon

While that may be true, and Ramsey may be doing well-intentioned conservation work, the ways in which she’s turned conservation into a for-profit business are less than heroic.

From Salon

While that may be true, and Ramsey may be doing well-intentioned conservation work, the ways in which she’s turned conservation into a for-profit business are less than heroic.

From Salon