make money
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: to earn money : to make a profit
The club made money by selling advertisements in the newsletter.
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And there are economic reasons to release methane from oil operations—to make more money drilling for more oil rather than to still make money, but less, capturing and using the gas found alongside the oil.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
But athletes like Horvath at service academies are considered government employees and are not allowed to make money off their name, image and likeness.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The objects that everyone so desperately wants to put in the salesroom have become, in a real sense, too expensive to make money from.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
But exploring new ways to make money is an urgent task for programs looking to keep up with one another.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
But athletes like Horvath at service academies are considered government employees and are not allowed to make money off their name, image and likeness.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The objects that everyone so desperately wants to put in the salesroom have become, in a real sense, too expensive to make money from.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
But exploring new ways to make money is an urgent task for programs looking to keep up with one another.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make money
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“Make money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20money. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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