for profit

Example Sentences

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They take our data, our time and our attention, and then turn around and monetize it, selling it for profit to ensure that we continue to fund their wives’ frivolous trips into space.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

BofA warned that given almost all the bears are now back into the stock market, early June could be “ripe for profit taking.”

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The government is also pushing through reforms aimed at tightening rules to run a school for profit so that only long-term, high-quality operators remain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Over the past 20 years the club's model has been to buy promising young Brazilian talents, develop them and then sell them to Europe's top clubs for profit.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Mrs. Diamant went with me to the market the next morning to use some of my savings and buy something that could be sold for profit in the shop.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron