proceeds

Example Sentences

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To circulate the proceeds back into Iraq, the Fed began shipping as much as $13 billion a year in cash to Baghdad to keep its heavily cash-based economy functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Bang is suspected of then getting a 30% cut of the illicit proceeds, amounting to 200 billion won, when the private equity fund sold its stake after Hybe went public.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“Destiny is a Rose” is organized in five chapters: “Home,” “Essence,” “Near,” “Far” and “Deep,” and proceeds in mostly chronological order.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

After her divorce, she and her ex sold their house, and she used the proceeds to buy an apartment and car outright.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The instrument is alive in my hands; it trembles like a child who is too frightened to name her terror as she proceeds deeper into forest darkness, carrying a lantern of warm oil.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper