for profit

Example Sentences

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In this case, the sales growth was just so fast that it outpaced total operating expenses, allowing for profit margins to expand.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

They take our data, our time and our attention, and then turn around and monetize it, selling it for profit to ensure that we continue to fund their wives’ frivolous trips into space.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Manufactured scarcity created ripe conditions to flip the goods for profit online, and for disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

BofA warned that given almost all the bears are now back into the stock market, early June could be “ripe for profit taking.”

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

But in fact, Gey’s history indicates that he wasn’t particularly interested in science for profit: in the early 1940s he’d turned down a request to create and run the first commercial cell-culture lab.

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