Example Sentences

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“For years, social media companies have profited from targeting children while concealing their addictive and dangerous design features,” the lawyers’ statement said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

It’s wildly overpriced compared with the broader market, but it’s also up more than 370% over the past year alone and it’s loved by the investors that have profited from it.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

“Who says they are going to clean it to the extent that it needs to be clean? And even if they do, they still have profited from the exploitation of our community.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

This includes educational institutions acknowledging their own connection to slavery and how they might have profited from the slave trade.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

You would have profited more than you would have thought by that trip.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg