for-profit
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And to ensure not losing more talent, it has needed to bolster prize funds and restructure its future path by creating a for-profit business model.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Its failure was largely seen as a win for the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
At the same time, there is a migration of students to public universities from private and for-profit schools, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Years ago, when I suggested using tactics drawn from my education in health communication and experience as a communication consultant for the CDC and for-profit health companies, I was usually scoffed at or dismissed.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
So together, Reader and Vincent used HeLa cells as the springboard to launch the first industrial-scale, for-profit cell distribution center.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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