Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Gain; advantage; profit.
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- verb Present participle of
profit . - noun The making of a
profit .
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Examples
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I refer to those who have an interest in profiting off our suffering through health insurance.
Think Progress » Fox Thinks Winter Chill Disproves Global Warming; Experts Disagree 2010
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While The President and Congress sit behind closed doors and negotiate the delivery of 20-40 million captives to an industry profiting from the rationing of healthcare, ask yourself this question:
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Last month, Courtney faced claims of bigotry after posting a blog accusing Jewish executives in the music industry of profiting from the suicide of husband, Nirvana star Kurt Cobain.
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Amla growers in Tamil Nadu are profiting from the effort.
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Helping peasants gain literacy, providing vaccines where established regimes had neglected the health of the poor, insisting that landlords adhere to housing codes, that merchants charge fair prices, that employers obey minimum wage laws -- all these things were necessary to improve the lives of the poor, but they irritated, infuriated and challenged the powers used to profiting from the slums, favellas, rainforests and waste dumps of the world.
Tom Hayden: The Peace Corps at Fifty Tom Hayden 2010
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It is interesting that the Wall Street Journal is one of the only newspapers profiting from a pay scheme on the internet.
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I am sure we are profiting from the Democratic created housing crisis.
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Tax those profiting from the wars we have been waging – THE INDUSTRIAL MILITARY COMPLEX and THE CONTRACTORS!
Obey questions Afghan war, explains his war tax proposal 2009
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Not profiting from the continuation of human suffering.
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But some people say the owners are profiting from the suffering of those who once lived here.
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