for-profit
adjective
for-prof·it
ˈfȯr-ˈprä-fət 
: established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit
for-profit businesses
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The for-profit platform is eyeing new international targets now that the unprecedented strain of crowdfunding campaign levels spawned by COVID-19 has eased to pre-pandemic figures, CEO Tim Cadogan told The Associated Press.
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James Pollard, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Micron is Idaho’s largest for-profit employer, with more than 5,000 employees, according to the Idaho Department of Labor.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2024
In the for-profit world, L.A. Taco, which centers food coverage while covering working class communities across Southern California, furloughed nearly everyone on its small team.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Following a wave of closures of for-profit colleges in the mid-2010s, closures of non-profit institutions began rising in 2017, before slowing briefly in 2020-21, according to Rachel Burns, a senior policy analyst at the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.
—Athena Jones, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
These for-profit companies should not be allowed to increase rates on the backs of hard-working residents.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Waymo’s expansion to Los Angeles will bring autonomous for-profit taxis to the nation’s second-largest city — and to a city long synonymous with car travel.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Recently, Lambert distanced himself from Musk after emails surfaced showing the tycoon had always favored OpenAI becoming a for-profit company—just one under his control and not Microsoft’s.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The Minnesota conglomerate’s plan to roll Stewardship Health, the physician arm of for-profit Steward Health Care, into its Optum subsidiary would mark a noteworthy departure from its usual fare.
—Tara Bannow, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
James Pollard, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Micron is Idaho’s largest for-profit employer, with more than 5,000 employees, according to the Idaho Department of Labor.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2024
In the for-profit world, L.A. Taco, which centers food coverage while covering working class communities across Southern California, furloughed nearly everyone on its small team.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Following a wave of closures of for-profit colleges in the mid-2010s, closures of non-profit institutions began rising in 2017, before slowing briefly in 2020-21, according to Rachel Burns, a senior policy analyst at the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.
—Athena Jones, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
These for-profit companies should not be allowed to increase rates on the backs of hard-working residents.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Waymo’s expansion to Los Angeles will bring autonomous for-profit taxis to the nation’s second-largest city — and to a city long synonymous with car travel.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Recently, Lambert distanced himself from Musk after emails surfaced showing the tycoon had always favored OpenAI becoming a for-profit company—just one under his control and not Microsoft’s.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The Minnesota conglomerate’s plan to roll Stewardship Health, the physician arm of for-profit Steward Health Care, into its Optum subsidiary would mark a noteworthy departure from its usual fare.
—Tara Bannow, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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