profiting

present participle of profit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of profiting These platforms are colonizing existing speculative spaces—like election results and sporting outcomes—while profiting from areas of asymmetrical knowledge that were previously not possible to monetize. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 United Nations experts, the United States and Congo's government have in the past accused Rwanda of profiting off Congo’s minerals in exchange for its support to the rebels, which Rwanda denies. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 Major Asian economies are profiting from growing global demand for AI as their manufacturing sectors build the high-end equipment needed for a worldwide data center boom, economists said. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Republican leaders had released a new version of the bill on Sunday that included ethics restrictions focused on public officials profiting from crypto ventures. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 But Democrats have argued that the latest changes to the bill don't go far enough to prevent the president and his family from profiting off of their own crypto ventures. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a lawsuit against Netflix in Miami on Wednesday morning saying the tech giant is monitoring children’s activity on the platform and profiting from it. — Morgan Rynor, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 Obsession producer Leonora Ann Darby claims she was barred from profiting off the film’s record-breaking success. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiting
benefiting
Verb
  • Space is benefiting from the growing number of launches each year.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • On Wall Street, stocks benefiting from the boom around artificial-intelligence technology helped lead the way.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Profiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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