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Nonetheless, with no profit motive, the losses from the taxpayer for paying the ransom would not be deductible.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The memorandum concludes that Taxpayer 4 had no profit motive in transferring the funds.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
What is the balance between the public good and the commercial/profit motive?
—Tracy Harmon, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Mike Faulk, a spokesperson for the Washington state attorney general’s office, said testimony in the minimum-wage issue highlights the problem with housing detainees in private prisons: profit motive.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The memorandum concludes that Taxpayer 4 had no profit motive in transferring the funds.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
What is the balance between the public good and the commercial/profit motive?
—Tracy Harmon, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Mike Faulk, a spokesperson for the Washington state attorney general’s office, said testimony in the minimum-wage issue highlights the problem with housing detainees in private prisons: profit motive.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for profit motive
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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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