at a profit
Example Sentences
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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
Private-equity firms buy companies, often using borrowed money, with the goal of fixing them up and selling them later at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
Sales of office buildings have slowed, in part because large institutional investors are skeptical that property values will appreciate enough to resell them at a profit after five years, as is common practice.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
Many builders and developers have gone bust having built homes they couldn’t sell at a profit.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
The Dutch East India Company, a joint governmental and private enterprise, sent ships to the far corners of the world to acquire rare commodities and resell them at a profit in Europe.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
