for-profit
adjective
for-prof·it
ˈfȯr-ˈprä-fət 
: established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit
for-profit businesses
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Success, Guerra said, will depend in part on whether the county will contribute its portion of the property tax increases, and on officials’ ability to attract new, for-profit businesses to the area.
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Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Martinez said commissioners out there will soon vote on whether to renew their contract with the GEO Group, the private, for-profit corporation that manages the center.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings conducted reviews and ultimately decided not to object to the for-profit shift after OpenAI made certain commitments to both leaders about how the company’s governance structure would function.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
But OpenAI has since become a for-profit business, and Altman has backtracked on some of its safety commitments.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Martinez said commissioners out there will soon vote on whether to renew their contract with the GEO Group, the private, for-profit corporation that manages the center.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings conducted reviews and ultimately decided not to object to the for-profit shift after OpenAI made certain commitments to both leaders about how the company’s governance structure would function.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
But OpenAI has since become a for-profit business, and Altman has backtracked on some of its safety commitments.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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