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profiting

VERB

gain; get or give an advantage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contribute earn improve pay off prosper take advantage of thrive

STRONG

aid avail benefit better clear exploit help pay promote realize recover score serve use utilize

WEAK

be of advantage capitalize on cash in on clean up learn from make a haul make a killing make capital make good use of make it big make money make the most of put to good use reap the benefit stand in good stead turn to advantage work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline fail harm hurt lose

STRONG

block condemn deteriorate hinder injure obstruct worsen

Example Sentences

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“Instead, it is a strategy built around profiting from them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Musk accuses OpenAI of betraying its nonprofit mission, and Altman and President Greg Brockman of profiting from assets designed to be controlled by the nonprofit.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

A soldier made over $400,000 profiting from inside information on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro — and made a clumsy attempt to cover it up, according to an indictment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Mitch Winehouse brought the case against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, accusing them of profiting from items sold at auctions in the United States.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Joe had come up with a scheme for profiting from the arrival of these throngs in his father’s new neighborhood.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown