profit
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Example Sentences
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The company relies on high amounts of capital spending to build and equip data centers, raising questions among some observers about its ability to turn a profit and meet relatively high-interest debt obligations.
From Barron's
In the second quarter of fiscal 2023, Micron’s sales declined by 53% from the year before and gross profit margin went deeply negative.
From Barron's
The rare-earth game will haunt China and Africa as environmental remediation eats profits.
From MarketWatch
Joseph Adinolfi and Gordon Gottsegen interviewed six investors who are students or at early stages of their careers and have made tremendous profits by taking risky positions in the stock market.
From MarketWatch
On Zanzibar in Tanzania Mr. Butler-Gallie regards the juxtaposition of faith and profit where a church stands over a cellar that once imprisoned slaves.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.