as in benefiting
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profiting
Once these people are already profiting off their own peccadillos and escalating misfortunes, why shouldn’t HBO?
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
The school claims that gifting materials to an entity from which its very own Board of Trustees chair is profiting is not a conflict of interest.
—Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
American consumers and small businesses alike are spitting fire these days about the cost of credit cards, while the companies profiting from them are making money hand over fist.
—Carter Dougherty, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
The indictment of Bezalel Zini is the latest in a burgeoning scandal implicating more than a dozen people, many of them Israeli reserve soldiers, of personally profiting from the Israel-Hamas war and delivering goods into Gaza that could potentially benefit the militant group.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
If Utah starts winning more games with Jackson, the Thunder have a significantly better chance of profiting.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Companies profiting from Wikipedia’s corpus should pay for access through legitimate channels like Wikimedia Enterprise, rather than scraping servers or relying on data dumps that strain infrastructure without contributing to maintenance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
By contrast, Rieder has spent his career as a hands-on, daily participant in the global bond markets, as a trader and asset manager, expert at parsing and profiting from the central bank’s cues.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Who are the individuals who are profiting from the sale of Chicago’s parking meters?
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
The school claims that gifting materials to an entity from which its very own Board of Trustees chair is profiting is not a conflict of interest.
—Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
American consumers and small businesses alike are spitting fire these days about the cost of credit cards, while the companies profiting from them are making money hand over fist.
—Carter Dougherty, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
The indictment of Bezalel Zini is the latest in a burgeoning scandal implicating more than a dozen people, many of them Israeli reserve soldiers, of personally profiting from the Israel-Hamas war and delivering goods into Gaza that could potentially benefit the militant group.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
If Utah starts winning more games with Jackson, the Thunder have a significantly better chance of profiting.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Companies profiting from Wikipedia’s corpus should pay for access through legitimate channels like Wikimedia Enterprise, rather than scraping servers or relying on data dumps that strain infrastructure without contributing to maintenance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
By contrast, Rieder has spent his career as a hands-on, daily participant in the global bond markets, as a trader and asset manager, expert at parsing and profiting from the central bank’s cues.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Who are the individuals who are profiting from the sale of Chicago’s parking meters?
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiting
benefiting
Verb
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This time, gold is benefiting from rising geopolitical tensions.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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After his choice of wrestling garb garnered significant attention and support, King released a t-shirt benefiting a non-profit organization in California.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Profiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiting. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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