at a profit
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In a bid to break the cycle and move forward, Rachel decided to use her skills of re-selling, and researched other resellers on TikTok who were buying clothes bundles and selling them at a profit.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 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
Private-equity firms buy companies, often using borrowed money, with the goal of fixing them up and selling them later at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Sales of office buildings have slowed, in part because large institutional investors are skeptical that property values will appreciate enough to resell them at a profit after five years, as is common practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
The Dutch East India Company, a joint governmental and private enterprise, sent ships to the far corners of the world to acquire rare commodities and resell them at a profit in Europe.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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