for-profit
adjective
for-prof·it
ˈfȯr-ˈprä-fət 
: established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit
for-profit businesses
Examples of for-profit in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The market is run in the United States by Aristotle, a for-profit American political consulting, compliance, data and software company.
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Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Counties, cities, tribes, nonprofits and for-profit companies will all be eligible to apply for funding.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The private, for-profit health company said numerous factors led to the bankruptcy, including government reimbursement rates, higher material and operations costs due to inflation, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and surging labor costs.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
Another example involved Trump University, the now-defunct for-profit education company.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 13 May 2024
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gray's, a childcare center, faced tough competition from for-profit childcare centers.
—James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
Walden is a mutual savings bank and a certified B-corporation, or a for-profit corporation certified with a social impact.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The reductions in North Shore’s services already had hospitals doctors, nurses, health advocates and patients worried the hospital would close entirely, similar to what’s happened at other healthcare facilities owned by for-profit Steward Health Care System.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Everyone quashed the latter, not wanting a for-profit fox in the non-profit hen house.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Counties, cities, tribes, nonprofits and for-profit companies will all be eligible to apply for funding.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The private, for-profit health company said numerous factors led to the bankruptcy, including government reimbursement rates, higher material and operations costs due to inflation, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and surging labor costs.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
Another example involved Trump University, the now-defunct for-profit education company.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 13 May 2024
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gray's, a childcare center, faced tough competition from for-profit childcare centers.
—James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
Walden is a mutual savings bank and a certified B-corporation, or a for-profit corporation certified with a social impact.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The reductions in North Shore’s services already had hospitals doctors, nurses, health advocates and patients worried the hospital would close entirely, similar to what’s happened at other healthcare facilities owned by for-profit Steward Health Care System.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Everyone quashed the latter, not wanting a for-profit fox in the non-profit hen house.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 22 May. 2024.
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