profitmaking

Example Sentences

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Problematically, the plan could only fund profitmaking infrastructure projects, like toll bridges.

From Economist • Nov. 24, 2016

That massive gap was an incredible profitmaking opportunity for someone, most likely a major player with the fastest computers and best algorithms.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2015

Companies seemed to concede that profitmaking was a bad thing.

From Economist • May 17, 2012

The Eiffel Tower, Seattle's Space Needle, the towers in Tokyo and Sydney, Australia, were all profitmaking monuments, he noted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alexei Kosygin, who was Prime Minister until his death in 1980, attempted to reorient heavy industry toward consumer goods, decentralization and profitmaking in the mid-1960s.

From Time Magazine Archive