PROFITING Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

profiting

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present participle of profit

as in benefiting

to provide with something useful or desirable an agreement that profited us all

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Recent Examples of profiting The sentence includes a 20-year mandatory enhancement for profiting off the murder, Judge Carli Kierny told the court. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 While Smith has returned to starring roles, the episode added another wrinkle to the already difficult task of profiting from film and TV production. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Venezuela government contracts Pulido, born in Bogotá in 1963, has a history that predates his emergence as one of the businessmen accused of profiting from Venezuela’s government contracting system. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 At one point, Soulan points out that the crime of fuel-smuggling is minor compared to the barons profiting off the very same — and shouldn’t the motivation, the practical outcome of the act, count for something? — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 These platforms are colonizing existing speculative spaces—like election results and sporting outcomes—while profiting from areas of asymmetrical knowledge that were previously not possible to monetize. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 United Nations experts, the United States and Congo's government have in the past accused Rwanda of profiting off Congo’s minerals in exchange for its support to the rebels, which Rwanda denies. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 Major Asian economies are profiting from growing global demand for AI as their manufacturing sectors build the high-end equipment needed for a worldwide data center boom, economists said. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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Ulta Beauty is running a point-of-sale fundraising campaign benefiting BCRF through October, with 100 percent of donations going to the organization.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Annual Winter Concert, benefitting SAVE LGBTQ and Miami Music Project.

— Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

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