at a profit
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As it curbs imports through the use of inventories and reduced refinery runs, China is also reselling crude it was contracted to buy to other countries, often at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
In a bid to break the cycle and move forward, Rachel decided to use her skills of re-selling, and researched other resellers on TikTok who were buying clothes bundles and selling them at a profit.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 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 of the black people who bought what was left resold it to others in the township, at a profit.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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