gainfully

Example Sentences

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“At Atoms we make gainfully employed robots—specialized robots with productive jobs that bring abundance to their owners and society at large,” Kalanick wrote on the company’s website.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

“The optimistic scenario is that MIT’s candidates will end up gainfully employed in great jobs, albeit not the jobs they would have potentially gotten in a normal year,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Yet, with how much time these commenters seem to have to seek out unemployment announcements, one has to surmise that internet trolls aren’t exactly the most gainfully employed members of society themselves.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

He was often poor, always mooching, rarely gainfully employed for long.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2023

Since he was gainfully employed by SNCC, had no outstanding debts and had plenty of cash in his wallet when arrested, the charge was groundless and, after a trial, had to be dropped.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman