in the black

idiom

: making a profit : profitable
The company is finally in the black.

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The artist and the machine grapple in the darkness, together in the black box. Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024 Battery and manufacturing prices are coming down, but not quickly enough to keep carmakers in the black. Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024 The two people in the black car who died were Cristobal Flores Espino, 29, and Robert Leroy Rocha, 31. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024 After expenses, including $98.5 million in prize money doled out, the women’s golf league finished 2023 a little over $5.6 million in the black, after ending 2022 with a $7.68 million surplus. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 7 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the black 

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“In the black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20black. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.

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