as in lucrative
yielding a profit
graduated from school and went looking for gainful employment
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Recent Examples of gainful
Addiction Recovery Care treats substance abuse disorders, and then trains those recovering from substance abuse for gainful employment.
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is a program that can wipe out the federal student loan debt for borrowers who are unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical impairment.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The lefty newspaper has had an uptick in workers’ interest because there is gainful employment at the baths.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
Those no longer willing or able to come into the office five days a week can find gainful employment in the private sector.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is a program that can wipe out the federal student loan debt for borrowers who are unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical impairment.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The lefty newspaper has had an uptick in workers’ interest because there is gainful employment at the baths.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
Those no longer willing or able to come into the office five days a week can find gainful employment in the private sector.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gainful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gainful
Adjective
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Lore and Rodriguez led the charge to get Connelly from the Denver Nuggets in 2022, luring him with a lucrative financial package and the promise to empower him as much as any lead executive in the league.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Solidifying what a three-judge panel from the Second Appellate District temporarily put in place last month, that same panel has now ruled that CBS will remain the sole distributor of the lucrative Jeopardy!—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Also, these advanced manufacturers with expensive machinery are often big, profitable companies.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Short of expectations Brightline has not been a profitable railroad.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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This rich display of possibility is part of what makes crafting feel worthwhile.—
Andrea Valdez,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2025
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Get an understanding of whether any worthwhile players would take the $5.7 million taxpayer midlevel exception for one or more years who would not be willing to sign for the minimum.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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“Gainful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gainful. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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