for profit

Example Sentences

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Researchers found that for-profit nursing homes were more likely to have lower ratings than nonprofits.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

The report noted that the Oakland-based healthcare system’s corporate pension, Kaiser Permanente Group Trust, holds assets in CoreCivic and the GEO Group, the two largest for-profit prison corporations in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

She joined Dow Jones Newswires in 2007, first writing breaking corporate news and then covering for-profit colleges, student lenders, alcohol and tobacco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Microsoft owns roughly 27% of the for-profit entity, the value of which is reflected in Microsoft’s earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

So together, Reader and Vincent used HeLa cells as the springboard to launch the first industrial-scale, for-profit cell distribution center.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot