for profit

Example Sentences

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The government is also pushing through reforms aimed at tightening rules to run a school for profit so that only long-term, high-quality operators remain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Collectors who bought the work of up-and-coming artists hoping to flip them for profit got badly burned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

AT&T stock was up 0.6% Wednesday, after beating Wall Street forecasts for profit and the number of cellphone customers it signed up.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The problem for CME’s stock, however, is that Wall Street was anticipating an exceptional first-quarter earnings report, so estimates for profit and revenue had climbed during the quarter.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

He taught her all he knew of painting flowers for profit.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman