at a profit
Example Sentences
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For would-be company leaders the aim is to grow the business for perhaps five to 10 years, before selling at a profit.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Activists typically buy undervalued shares, press for strategic changes—such as leadership shift, asset sales, or a capital reallocation—and aim to lift the share price before exiting at a profit, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The couple’s Sherman Oaks abode would serve as their first official home as a family of four, before they offloaded at a profit for $2.99 million in 2014.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
The county could potentially consolidate some of its many offices there and then sell it later at a profit when the office real estate market recovered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
Some he just bought, knowing he could sell them at a profit.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
