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profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /


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Starlink provided the largest share of SpaceX’s revenue in 2025 — $11.32 billion of its $18.8 billion — and was its only profitable segment, with $4.42 billion in net income.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Hedge funds’ U.S. regulatory disclosures omit foreign stocks and ownership of private companies, categories that include some of Situational Awareness’s most profitable positions including Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

There are countless examples of falling prices in new technology driving profitable growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

As for Stérin, he says he has never met the investor, who "bought a 30% stake purely because he could see we were very profitable".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

One of the reasons Wall Street had cooked up this new industry called structured finance was that its old-fashioned business was every day less profitable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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