How to Use profitable in a Sentence

profitable

adjective

• The movie was very profitable.
• Here are the most profitable cities in the country to host an Airbnb.
  — Marcus Reichley, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
• This is the 12th film for Rajamouli and all of them have been profitable.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
• The chain has said about a quarter of its U.S. stores aren’t profitable.
  — Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
• The label is profitable in its 15M subs who pay as much as $9 apiece.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
• That type of rental agreement turned out to be quite profitable.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
• Eisenman said the business is profitable in spite of that.
  — James Manso, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
• In fact, in-person traffic is still the most profitable point of sale.
  — Peter Green, Quartz, 28 July 2024
• The cuts will also free up aircraft to fly more profitable routes.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
• In historic Boston, then, the question was how to make the past profitable.
  — Seth C. Bruggeman / Made By History, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• And, for the most part, family films are profitable at the box office.
  — Elliott Smith, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• The endgame is not what is best for the welfare of the child, but to maintain a highly profitable business.
  — Laura Goetz, STAT, 3 Mar. 2023
• But the unit was never profitable, and Goldman has scaled back its plan to bank the masses.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• The prevailing wisdom was that the only way to be profitable was to scale up to 1,000 cows.
  — Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
• Either way, Cameron says the film will be profitable enough to warrant the sequels.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023
• Nine of the list’s 20 most profitable companies were banks.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024
• The plant builds the highly profitable Super Duty trucks.
  — Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2024
• Cars with all-wheel drive make up a profitable niche for brands like Subaru and Audi.
  — Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 13 July 2023
• But the company has been mum on whether any of the tools are profitable when compared with the cost of running them.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
• Since taking over, Musk has gone to great lengths to make Twitter profitable.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 31 May 2023
• Often, Hartz says, the payments are just for a few years, until the city can prove that the route will be profitable for the airline.
  — Alana Semuels, Time, 17 Jan. 2023
• Paul has been one of the most successful and profitable YouTubers since 2013.
  — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 14 June 2024
• At the same time, the typical nursing home is profitable.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• All the legal sports betting action is arriving in Ohio at the turn of the new year for a profitable 2023!
  — cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
• Other bagels on the menu are more profitable, and offset the Rivington.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
• Disney has promised investors that Disney+ will be profitable by the end of fiscal 2024.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• On has been profitable for the past three quarters; Allbirds hasn’t turned a net profit just yet.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
• But keep in mind that short underdogs catching no more than 2.5 points have been very profitable in the wild-card round.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
• Hyman says the $320 million company is profitable, despite all of the noise about its challenges.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
• This will create a more sustainable, profitable future.
  — Matthew Emma, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024