for profit

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Over the past 20 years the club's model has been to buy promising young Brazilian talents, develop them and then sell them to Europe's top clubs for profit.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Collectors who bought the work of up-and-coming artists hoping to flip them for profit got badly burned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 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

But a lie is a device for profit or escape.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck