for profit
Example Sentences
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Problems exist across the spectrum of rehabs, from expensive, for-profit facilities to nonprofit ones: A 2017 investigation revealed that the two Massachusetts locations of Recovery Centers of America, a rehab chain that charges patients an average of $24,000 a month, was severely understaffed and did not even offer all patients basic counseling.
From Slate
The commission’s vote Thursday was in response to a March request from Edison and the three other big for-profit utilities.
From Los Angeles Times
It also had implemented a “temporary suspension of all for-profit vending activities.”
While the first $21 billion was contributed half by customers of the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities and half by the companies’ shareholders, any additional damage claims from the Jan. 7 fire would be paid by Edison customers, according to legislation passed in September.
From Los Angeles Times
Microsoft, owner of a 27% share in OpenAI’s for-profit business, is also named in the suit, which claims the software giant knew or should have known of potential safety risks.
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