profit
noun
Often profits.
is profiting
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present progressiveof profit (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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We reveal how much they've gone up, what's behind the rise and whether anyone is profiting.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Pedro Aznar, an economist at the Spanish business school Esade, also said Spain is profiting from a "substitution effect".
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Our ability to solve this problem doesn’t depend on which company is profiting off all that coal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
The other, Rock, is profiting off extending the feud by way of this special, the second in his $40 million obligation to Netflix that he scored in 2016.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2023
Great Britain has learned this doctrine from experience, and is profiting by it.
From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Thomas Rainey
