How to Use profit in a Sentence
- There was a rise in profits this year.
- Profits are up from last year.
- The company made a profit this year.
- The book can be read with profit by anyone who wants to understand how the system works.
- The organization is not run for profit.
- The profits from CD sales were donated to charity.
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Use profit boost for any sport.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Traders seek profits in days or weeks.
—Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Treat profit like the health of your lungs.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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So those profits take longer to show up in their records.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 May 2026
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Once again, the courts ruled for profits over pomegranates.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Some users have made huge profits on the markets.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026
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Too often, profit has come out on top.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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Its sales are large, its profits are larger.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
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The body shops then shared some of the profits with the tow truck drivers.
—Adrian Ruhi, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
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Is Peacock soon to turn a profit?
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
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This would have come at the expense of their margins and profits.
—John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Cutting costs means more profit.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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This group has never been all that fussed with being able to make a profit.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
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That pushed it to slash its forecast for profit this fiscal year.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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How many of these services would survive, let alone turn a profit?
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
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That helped open the door for a handful of players to boost their profits, too.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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The predatory squeeze for profit should take a break.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
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Even if that capital funds home runs, profits will be spread across more shares.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 June 2026
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Fear and outrage fuel clicks, and clicks drive profits.
—Marc Brackett, Time, 21 Sep. 2025
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That’s 40 percent of our profit gone.
—Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
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How much of energy bills is profit?
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
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Spending half our profits paying them off.
—Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Investors expect profits in years or decades.
—Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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That would be their take of the profits after expenses are paid.
—Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
- The island profits from tourism.
- It would profit him to take some computer classes.
- The company has profited by selling its products online.
- He profited greatly from his investments.
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Trump may even profit from the event.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 14 June 2026
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What a lot of people profit off.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
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In fact, some are going all in and looking to profit from it.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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There are some people who profit by keeping the races apart.
—Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
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If the lot sells for over that price, the guarantor stands to profit.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2023
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Moreno’s club profited, of course.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
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But that doesn’t mean those who led the way greatly profited over the years ahead.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
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Options can be used to profit whether the stock rises, falls, or goes nowhere.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 1 June 2026
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People want to know where their data is, how it’s used and who profits from it.
—Haider Nazar, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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The men profiting from this movement know that.
—Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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That alone sets us apart from many of the people who profit most from our tourism sector.
—Mikey Knab, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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There’ve been so many people who've profited off drag queens, but don’t do drag.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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And who should have the right to use and potentially profit from the work?
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
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How exactly did Zac plan to profit from his?
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
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Or, financials can profit from spread between the short and long end of the yield curve.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
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There are different ways to profit from the gold rally.
—Bill Sarubbi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Ask who profits from your reaction.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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No one should be profiting off of public office.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
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Russia is profiting from the surge.
—Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
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And that's raised fears about new ways in which politicians might be able to profit from their positions.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
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Young people in the industry are coming up with new ways to profit.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
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State-level proponents say this is the moment to profit from the gold rush.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
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What little is produced has to be sold on the black market for Venezuela to profit.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
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Among those seeking to profit was IBM.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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China is cracking down on deepfakes at home while profiting from them abroad.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
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Some are trafficked by strangers, but most know the person who is profiting off their bodies.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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