profit-making

Example Sentences

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Elon Musk faced fiery questioning Wednesday in his court showdown with OpenAI, as he insisted that the maker of ChatGPT had fooled him by turning what was an altruistic pursuit into a profit-making juggernaut.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Mr. Rood, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, treats the plantation primarily as a sophisticated economic machine that developed into an engine of profit-making in the modern economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It all came down to profit-making moves and advertising.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

Celebrating Christmas, promises Grenell, is very much in, as will be striving for profit-making programming.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

The claim that America will never have a merchant marine, unless it is privately owned and managed, assumes a certain proved connection between a certain kind of profit-making and incentive.

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter