profitable
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"In 2011, 2012, 2013, the jet fuel prices were over $130 a barrel, and the industry was profitable," he told a press conference in Singapore in April.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
For some indexes, companies also need to be profitable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It doesn’t need to stay profitable forever to be in the index, but it can’t enter from a place of bleeding cash.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
That company has also been profitable, while Quantinuum continues to lose money, and it recorded $668.6 million in sales during the first quarter while Quantinuum had sales of just $5.2 million.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“But on the whole a profitable morning’s shopping. You ready to trade in the stuff?”
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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