at a profit
Example Sentences
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The company charges handling and commercial fees for cargo and resells fuel at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
However, messages seen by BBC News also suggest scalpers may be buying hundreds of genuine products at a time to resell them at a profit, with authorities reporting a "flood" of counterfeits entering the market.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
The county could potentially consolidate some of its many offices there and then sell it later at a profit when the office real estate market recovered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
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
