profitability

noun

Definition of profitabilitynext
as in desirability

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  1. desirability
  2. expediency
  3. usefulness
  4. expedience
Noun
  • The company says patrol wages have increased more than 50% over the past four years and pointed to 3,000 applicants for 300 open patrol roles for the 2024-25 season as a data point on desirability of the job.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • All Year Median Sales Price Home prices in popular regions like The Woodlands and Austin housing markets come with higher median sale prices, reflecting their desirability and growth.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of desirability
Noun
  • Still, perhaps out of expediency or perhaps because Trump’s eldest son dated the Governor’s ex-wife and former San Fran First Lady Kimberly Guilfoyle for many years, the two men had a few congenial moments.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Politics at odds with international obligations The evidence of the last few months is that political expediency sometimes trumps international obligations.
    Tim Lister, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of expediency
Noun
  • Within a few years, the ISS will outlive its usefulness, and once it is abandoned there will be nothing to keep it at the proper altitude.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • It’s designed for researchers, students, and academics, but its usefulness extends far beyond the academic world.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • But to Trump and some of his advisers, the memo had a certain expedience.
    Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • This heady brew of commercial and geopolitical pressures is forcing TSMC executives to sign big contracts for wind and solar power, at times eschewing affordability for expedience.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of expedience
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