Example Sentences

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Scammers have been profiting from the war in Ukraine by spreading emotional appeals across the internet and stealing identities.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2022

And big companies and banks have been profiting.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020

In opposition you find only the high-frequency traders who have been profiting off the current state of affairs and the exchanges that would compete directly with IEX for business.

From The Verge • Jun. 17, 2016

"It's expanding the list of people and becoming more specific about individuals in leadership positions or facilitators and enablers of this regime who have been profiting from the war," Prendergast says. 

From US News • Apr. 8, 2016

Without being aware of it, butter makers have for years been making use of bacteria in their butter making and have been profiting by the products which the bacteria have furnished them.

From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)