How to Use for-profit in a Sentence

for-profit

adjective
  • But there are some very good for-profit homes and some lousy nonprofits.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
  • Kolter will be a member of the nonprofit’s board but not on the for-profit board.
    — Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
  • But large, for-profit health care companies have not been driving that job growth.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
  • What was the thinking behind the decision to go that route rather than the for-profit one?
    — Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 4 June 2025
  • So far the for-profit model just keeps winning with this one exception.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024
  • But Edwards researched that, and his charter school is a for-profit school.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Two nearby for-profit grocery stores are doing just fine — and have products on the shelves.
    — Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Two nearby for-profit grocery stores are doing just fine — and have products on the shelves.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • This is a for-profit business, period.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Everyone quashed the latter, not wanting a for-profit fox in the non-profit hen house.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
  • And a small number of states have banned or restricted these for-profit claims companies.
    — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Schaefer’s initial idea was a for-profit baseball league, but kids were still getting boxed out of playing.
    — Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2025
  • Opening a theater, whether for-profit or not, presents a major financial risk.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
  • And is Tesla a for-profit company?
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
  • At that point, the for-profit bid was briefly dropped, and Musk left the OpenAI board.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But students from for-profit institutions are far less likely to pass the test than their peers at public schools.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And a for-profit hospital chain is accused of pushing hospice care on families to free up beds.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • The non-profit will still own a minority stake in the new for-profit version of the company.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Musk’s xAI is also a for-profit company.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026
  • Dandelion is structured as a for-profit and has raised seed funding from a trio of venture capital firms.
    — Casey Ross, STAT, 21 June 2023
  • OpenAI disputes the claim, saying Musk was on board with its for-profit move.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Fiscal woes are also said to have led to course cancellations and funding shortfalls at the for-profit art school.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But parents said that they were told that the for-profit elementary school could close on March 27.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • These for-profit companies should not be allowed to increase rates on the backs of hard-working residents.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The for-profit magazine's annual rankings have been the target of backlash over the last few years.
    — Sheridan Hendrix, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Is the for-profit model inherently doomed?
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Con Edison is a private, for-profit monopoly.
    — Shahana Hanif, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • And though charters operate on public funding, they may be run by for-profit companies.
    — David Raynor, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • So Alia, is the debt evenly split between non-profit and for-profit institutions, and if not, why?
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • When discussions about who would run the for-profit business broke down in 2018, Musk left.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026

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