Example Sentences

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Leanne, now 48, first started working at the Phoenix - a social enterprise that reinvests any profits back into the community - when she was 23 and a single mum to her then one-year-old daughter.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

When the Middle East disruptions hit, jet-fuel cracks — the profits a refiner makes by refining crude into jet fuel — spiked sharply, said Nikolas Plonski, oil market analyst at Sparta Commodities.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Both ranchers and meat processors are seeing their profits shrink.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Massive demand has sent profits skyrocketing for memory chip makers like South Korea's SK hynix and Samsung Electronics, whose workers' union recently agreed a deal on bonuses after threatening to strike.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

In the end, everyone profits when people like Angela Whitiker succeed, the experts said.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times