profit-making

Example Sentences

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It was a tenth consecutive quarter of profit, making for the longest streak in the black in at least a decade.

From Reuters • Feb. 2, 2023

The government prefers to self-insure against financial risk rather than pay a fee to profit making third parties.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2022

Companies compare ROI on similar investments to make sure that they are maximizing all of their profit making potential.

From Encyclopedia.com • Feb. 5, 2018

Opposed were profit making hospitals and nursing homes and some state medical societies, which objected to anyone but doctors regulating medical services.

From Forbes • Oct. 29, 2014

While the tradesmen and stock drivers had begun early to prepare for a season of unusual profit making, the money-changers had not forgotten their interests.

From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie