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

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