make a profit
Example Sentences
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The director of the Ford Foundation’s mission investments program explains why the assumption that you can’t make a positive impact and make a profit is all wrong.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The OCC added—in a letter dated Aug. 4—that the application didn’t show that the Amsterdam-based company could make a profit in the competitive U.S. market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Leigh said they are not trying to make a profit, but they need to sell 550,000 tickets to cover the property’s costs, legal fees, taxes, prize money and raffle expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
As he puts it, they need to "make a profit".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Molasses from French islands would now be too expensive—merchants could never make a profit.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
