profitable
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For some indexes, companies also need to be profitable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Neither of these companies is profitable at the moment, but the tide can quickly turn.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The venue is projected to be profitable within five years and generate nearly $29 million in revenue by 2036.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The company, which its founders say is profitable, has been designed to be multichannel from its early years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“The university will be more inclined to reward by pay or promotion him who makes some addition to knowledge of an immediately profitable kind rather than him who works for knowledge itself,” he said.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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