as in earnings
the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received
after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20
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to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profits
Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
That gravitational pull extended through much of Xi Jinping's first five-year term, when China still projected the promise of profits and opportunity more than political constraint and economic contraction.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
In my view, these changes explicitly signal that OpenAI is making its profits a higher priority than the safety of its products.
—Alnoor Ebrahim, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
Gutierrez Vo worries that AI is simply being used to cut costs and increase profits, forcing already-dwindling staff to work even harder.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
More broadly, questions are rising about whether businesses that are spending heavily on AI will end up seeing high-enough profits and productivity to make the investments worth it.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Local businesses, community groups and non-profits are encouraged to participate in this year’s parade, organizers said in the release.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Nvidia’s sales and profits were up more than 60% in the October quarter compared to the previous year, soaring past Wall Street’s expectations.
—Rosa De Acosta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Like gold, bitcoin produces no profits or dividends, and its price depends on what investors will pay for it.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Who profits from voucher-school legislation?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
But Nvidia still dominates in AI chips with the company reporting 62% year-over-year sales growth in the October quarter and profits up 65% compared to a year ago.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The regime that jails children also profits from drugs, human trafficking, and online scams.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Jonah Markham gives a really impassioned speech in this episode about his motives and how the defense industry is fueled by and profits off of unnecessary war and the death and destruction of innocent lives.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The next battleground is the execution layer, where the question becomes not just who builds the models, but who profits when AI stops talking and starts acting for users.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Besides tightening its processes and setting up a traceability certificate system, Armedangels also used the profits from the collection to invest in digital monitoring solutions based on secure blockchain technology.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
That gravitational pull extended through much of Xi Jinping's first five-year term, when China still projected the promise of profits and opportunity more than political constraint and economic contraction.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
In my view, these changes explicitly signal that OpenAI is making its profits a higher priority than the safety of its products.
—Alnoor Ebrahim, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
Gutierrez Vo worries that AI is simply being used to cut costs and increase profits, forcing already-dwindling staff to work even harder.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
More broadly, questions are rising about whether businesses that are spending heavily on AI will end up seeing high-enough profits and productivity to make the investments worth it.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Local businesses, community groups and non-profits are encouraged to participate in this year’s parade, organizers said in the release.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Nvidia’s sales and profits were up more than 60% in the October quarter compared to the previous year, soaring past Wall Street’s expectations.
—Rosa De Acosta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Like gold, bitcoin produces no profits or dividends, and its price depends on what investors will pay for it.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
But Exelon utilities are spending at an accelerated — and unnecessary — pace that pushes rates and profits up.
—David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Who profits from voucher-school legislation?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
But Nvidia still dominates in AI chips with the company reporting 62% year-over-year sales growth in the October quarter and profits up 65% compared to a year ago.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The regime that jails children also profits from drugs, human trafficking, and online scams.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Jonah Markham gives a really impassioned speech in this episode about his motives and how the defense industry is fueled by and profits off of unnecessary war and the death and destruction of innocent lives.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The next battleground is the execution layer, where the question becomes not just who builds the models, but who profits when AI stops talking and starts acting for users.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
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Texans want to know where their money is going, that it is being managed responsibly, and that the state’s economic success benefits everyone.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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While the Belk College of Business predicts 2026 will be a landmark year for North Carolina’s economy, the main concern in District 106 is whether that growth benefits everyday residents.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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The factors that drove it have mostly played out, including Congress raising the Social Security eligibility age by two years, gains in education and life expectancy and fewer employee pensions, said Alicia Munnell, a senior adviser to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.—
Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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These performance gains have immediate implications for safety during human–robot interaction.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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