profit
noun
Often profits.
were 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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It was a backlash against millionaires who were profiting off the backs of ordinary people.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
In a statement to Axios, White House spokesman Kush Desai called the implication that Trump officials were profiting off of prediction markets “baseless.”
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
We formally set out our findings to Brother Chun and AKA that they were profiting from exploiting unsuspecting hotel guests.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
She was struck by how much Western facilitators were profiting compared with Indigenous medicine practitioners.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 22, 2023
All of them, great and small, were profiting in one way and another through city privileges.
From The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
