profit
noun
Often profits.
was profiting
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past progressiveof profit.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The suit alleged the singer should have known she was profiting off embezzled funds linked to the sprawling case against her ex-husband, former L.A. legal heavyweight Tom Girardi, and his firm Girardi Keese.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
His advertising agency, he said, was profiting as companies race to fill the vacuum left by Western corporations that pulled out of Russia.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Evidence at the Connecticut trial showed his sales spiked around the time he talked about the Sandy Hook shooting — leading the plaintiffs’ lawyers to say he was profiting off the tragedy.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
When everyone around him was profiting from their positions, why shouldn't he?
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
As he improved one farm and his profits rose, he purchased other worn-out lands from their discouraged owners and in time was profiting handsomely from his intelligence and industry.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Harrison Williams
