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

The regulator says it also wants to understand how firms balance profit-making with safeguards, how parents are informed and whether vulnerable users are adequately protected.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

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

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

Eastern men were forming profit-making corporations to colonize western land.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.