profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl 
ˈpräf-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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Examples of profitable in a Sentence
The movie was very profitable.
selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
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And while Tempus is not yet profitable, the two-prong approach helps there too, as its data & services segment has higher margins than the genomic sequencing, which may be difficult to expand in a large-scale way to non-cancer disease areas, per analyst Bruce Quinn.
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Around 25% of Walgreens’ stores aren’t profitable, CEO Tim Wentworth said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal in June, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Both Walgreens and rival CVS are facing a difficult operating environment, fighting to be profitable as consumers shift their habits.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
While sales of Douro table wines are rising, those of port wines — which are more profitable — have fallen steadily in recent years because of changing consumer habits.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Around 25% of Walgreens’ stores aren’t profitable, CEO Tim Wentworth said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal in June, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Both Walgreens and rival CVS are facing a difficult operating environment, fighting to be profitable as consumers shift their habits.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
While sales of Douro table wines are rising, those of port wines — which are more profitable — have fallen steadily in recent years because of changing consumer habits.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024
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profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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