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profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /


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The reality is, you only have three airlines this year that are profitable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Crude oil is by far Canada's most profitable commodity, accounting for C$142bn in export value in 2025 alone.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Wall Street had been speculating whether Meta would begin leasing out its data-center capacity as a way of monetizing its AI infrastructure in a highly profitable manner.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Both were accused of concealing the dangers of their very profitable products.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

On the other hand, lead was easy to extract and work, and almost embarrassingly profitable to produce industrially–and tetraethyl lead did indubitably stop engines from knocking.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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