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profit

[prof-it] / ˈprɒf ɪt /




Usage

What are other ways to say profit? Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society.

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Millions of older adults will need to find new healthcare coverage for 2027 after several insurers exited markets and cut back on their offerings to protect profit margins.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"That's a quarter of parents not paying. A quarter of profit lost for us. Also the school get a cut from the revenue as well, so it's a loss for the school."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The U.S. bank cuts its Terumo revenue forecast for the fiscal year starting in April 2027 but raises operating profit estimates for the period onward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

UnitedHealth Group, Humana and CVS Health subsidiary Aetna are among those exiting markets or tweaking their coverage offerings as they try to protect profit margins instead of pushing for growth in new subscribers, analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

It was instead that an ominous picture was congealing in his mind of patriot soldiers being fleeced by an army of speculators whose only loyalty was to their own profit margins.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The photographer said he had noticed a drop in profits in the past 12 months.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fuel is taking a chunk out of Delta Air Lines’ DAL -1.00%decrease; down pointing triangle profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

A credit-card bill that could dent banks’ profits and erode Visa’s V 0.81%increase; up pointing triangle and Mastercard’s MA 0.82%increase; up pointing triangle dominance has a new champion, and he sits in the Oval Office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Samsung's profits and shareholder returns show the path ahead for memory chip companies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Milton started out with three Hercules Hot Dogs™ but quickly added franchises as profits allowed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The CMA's investigation into the heating oil market found the price increases after the Iran war largely reflected rising wholesale costs and suppliers have not profited materially from the crisis.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“During a time when our community was meant to come together to help those in need, Langham Hotels Pacific Corporation profited from other people’s tragedies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Many of his assets are held in a trust overseen by Donald Trump Jr. The president said Wednesday that he profited on his investment accounts in 2025 because stock markets rallied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The fines were levied under a 1996 law, the Helms-Burton Act, which allowed any American whose assets had been expropriated by the Castro government to sue those who profited from their use.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Other key figures either profited or suffered from their roles.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

“With these laws, we are ensuring that Californians remain in the driver’s seat — and that those profiting from data centers aren’t doing so at our expense.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The spokesperson said that "strict rules to limit subletting... prevent the risk of people profiting by letting subsidised affordable housing".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

From their desks, brokers are profiting as buyers of jet fuel, diesel and gasoline mitigate wild swings in prices with derivatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

A bull call spread involves purchasing a lower-strike VIX call and selling a higher-strike one with the aim of profiting if the index rises.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

I could explain it by arguing that profiting from a pitiful flying fish’s navigational mistake made me shy and sorrowful, while the excitement of actively capturing a great do­rado made me sanguinary and self-assured.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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