as in lucrative
yielding a profit
graduated from school and went looking for gainful employment
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Recent Examples of gainful
An example is the programs that prepare people to leave correctional institutions for gainful employment.
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Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
To qualify, borrowers must be unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical condition that is either terminal or has persisted for the last five years, or is expected to continue for another five years.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Addiction Recovery Care treats substance abuse disorders, and then trains those recovering from substance abuse for gainful employment.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is a program that can wipe out the federal student loan debt for borrowers who are unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical impairment.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
To qualify, borrowers must be unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical condition that is either terminal or has persisted for the last five years, or is expected to continue for another five years.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Addiction Recovery Care treats substance abuse disorders, and then trains those recovering from substance abuse for gainful employment.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is a program that can wipe out the federal student loan debt for borrowers who are unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical impairment.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gainful
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By focusing on solving specific issues, starting with frizz and graying roots, Color Wow has tapped into a lucrative trend, explains Dan Su, a beauty analyst at Morningstar.—
Gigi Zamora,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Federal prosecutors said the Viet America Society gave Rhiannon a job, and paid her as an employee, after her father voted in favor of the lucrative contracts.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Boeing, with its essential role in American aerospace dominance and global commercial aviation, represents the perfect storm of characteristics that make TACO trades profitable.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Musk's SpaceX has spent years positioning itself at the center of American civil and military spaceflight – a profitable relationship that has made the company's CEO incredibly wealthy.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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That can be an expensive proposition, but even working through purchasing multiple plots from various buyers over a long period of time can be worthwhile.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
12 June 2025
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Voters in the United States will have to decide eventually whether these are plausible or worthwhile goals, but U.S. allies should already have made up their minds.—
Malcolm Turnbull,
Foreign Affairs,
6 June 2025
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“Gainful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gainful. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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