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profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /


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It will take 18 to 24 months, the company figures, to find new customers and get enough production to be profitable again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

To come up with some names, Barron’s screened the fund’s holdings for consumer staples and utilities stocks that are expected to be profitable in 2026 and boast dividend yields of 3%.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

They’re also worried that its move of building data centers for major customers such as OpenAI will result in a fundamentally less profitable business model.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Poolman says the goal is to have "more than 100 worldwide", however, he will not be drawn on whether the facilities are yet profitable.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

But they sent in a physician, in whose hands and voice was a more enduring, a more profitable comfort than any I ever found in Orgoreyn.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin