at a profit
Example Sentences
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Pershing Square sold some Universal shares at a profit in the past, but its remaining stake went into the red earlier this year when the stock sold off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The couple’s Sherman Oaks abode would serve as their first official home as a family of four, before they offloaded at a profit for $2.99 million in 2014.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025
Sales of office buildings have slowed, in part because large institutional investors are skeptical that property values will appreciate enough to resell them at a profit after five years, as is common practice.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
James Goldsmith was a businessman who had made a fortune by buying struggling companies cheaply, reshaping them to maximise efficiency and then selling them at a profit.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025
But Yossarian still didn’t understand either how Milo could buy eggs in Malta for seven cents apiece and sell them at a profit in Pianosa for five cents.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
