profitably

Example Sentences

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This means the remaining seats can be sold profitably at any price necessary to fill them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Private-equity firms paid big prices for companies before interest rates rose and are struggling to offload them profitably.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

While the public may think of recycling as a largely physical process, it’s actually a market: a function of how well a material can be profitably turned into something else.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Shale drillers in Texas and nearby states have told the Dallas Fed they need oil to remain above $61 a barrel to drill profitably.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

"But while ignoring my personal education for a second I'd like you to remember that the people have little patience with us these days. We could use this time more profitably."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison