How to Use for-profit in a Sentence

for-profit

adjective

• But there are some very good for-profit homes and some lousy nonprofits.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
• Kolter will be a member of the nonprofit’s board but not on the for-profit board.
  — Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
• But large, for-profit health care companies have not been driving that job growth.
  — Bob Herman, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
• What was the thinking behind the decision to go that route rather than the for-profit one?
  — Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 4 June 2025
• So far the for-profit model just keeps winning with this one exception.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024
• But Edwards researched that, and his charter school is a for-profit school.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
• The bill’s failure was a win for the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities.
  — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
• Two nearby for-profit grocery stores are doing just fine — and have products on the shelves.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
• Khalil does not want to be shot at, or sought by the secret police, or detained in some for-profit gulag.
  — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
• This is not to dismiss valid concerns about for-profit utilities.
  — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2026
• Out of the schools in the top quarter for nonpayment rates, 76% were for-profit schools.
  — Nicky Forster, Fortune, 20 July 2026
• This is a for-profit business, period.
  — Justin Ray, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• Everyone quashed the latter, not wanting a for-profit fox in the non-profit hen house.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
• And a small number of states have banned or restricted these for-profit claims companies.
  — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
• Its failure was largely seen as a win for the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
• Schaefer’s initial idea was a for-profit baseball league, but kids were still getting boxed out of playing.
  — Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2025
• Opening a theater, whether for-profit or not, presents a major financial risk.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
• And is Tesla a for-profit company?
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
• At that point, the for-profit bid was briefly dropped, and Musk left the OpenAI board.
  — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
• But students from for-profit institutions are far less likely to pass the test than their peers at public schools.
  — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
• Students who attended for-profit colleges struggle more than others to pay back their loans.
  — Nicky Forster, Fortune, 20 July 2026
• And a for-profit hospital chain is accused of pushing hospice care on families to free up beds.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 June 2023
• The non-profit will still own a minority stake in the new for-profit version of the company.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
• Musk’s xAI is also a for-profit company.
  — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026
• Dandelion is structured as a for-profit and has raised seed funding from a trio of venture capital firms.
  — Casey Ross, STAT, 21 June 2023
• OpenAI disputes the claim, saying Musk was on board with its for-profit move.
  — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
• Fiscal woes are also said to have led to course cancellations and funding shortfalls at the for-profit art school.
  — News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2025
• But parents said that they were told that the for-profit elementary school could close on March 27.
  — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
• That generally would be a non-starter for a for-profit distributor.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
• 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