profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl 
ˈpräf-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
Examples of profitable in a Sentence
The movie was very profitable.
selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
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But if start-ups can become profitable without spending much, that could become a problem for venture capital investors, who allocate tens of billions to invest in A.I. start-ups.
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Erin Griffith, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Major oil and gas companies are profitable and have contributed significantly to atmospheric carbon emissions.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2025
JPMorgan's analysts said their backtesting showed that trading on Trump's posts wouldn't have been very profitable either so far.
—Marc Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
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Erin Griffith, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Major oil and gas companies are profitable and have contributed significantly to atmospheric carbon emissions.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2025
JPMorgan's analysts said their backtesting showed that trading on Trump's posts wouldn't have been very profitable either so far.
—Marc Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for profitable
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“Profitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profitable. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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