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How to use the word profitable in a Sentence? Page #2

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They're not going to stay at 80-90 % share of the EV market, but they can keep growing even with much lower market share, we're looking at north of 3 million to 4 million vehicles annually as we go into 2025-26, with 40 % of that growth coming from China. We believe now they are on the trajectory that even without [ the EV ] credits they'll still be profitable.

Daniel Ives

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Like any legitimate business, attacking health and education sectors has proved to be profitable, they may also be softer targets. In the case of health care, they have unusually large attack surfaces spanning various networks and medical devices.

Brett Callow

Found on CNN
3 years ago

These drugs are much more profitable for criminal organizations, there’s a high addictive capacity for consumers... and they easily lend themselves to illegal trafficking.

Luis Cresencio Sandoval

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Probably partnering makes the most sense, the one issue that I've heard of is that cars can be less profitable relative to Apple's other products, so that is a concern if Apple is going to be shifting gears into a less profitable business line.

Mike Bailey

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We need to create conditions for investment, large investment, investment in sustainable and profitable projects for Colombian farmers.

Carlos Holmes Trujillo

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Supermarkets were overwhelmingly focused on a white, suburban, middle-class family of four, they didn't see black and brown customers as being profitable.

Joshua Davis

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It (the deal) will definitely be scrutinized but I think it will pass. GrubHub and Uber will likely push back saying industry isn't profitable and need to consolidate to make it work.

Robert Mollins

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Holcim Philippines operates in a high-growth market and is profitable, but the divestment would have helped LafargeHolcim to reduce its net debt by 1.8 billion Swiss francs, however, even without this transaction we expect the company's deleveraging to proceed.

Bank Vontobel analyst Bernd Pomrehn

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It's not easy when you're at the helm of big ships like we are to imagine smaller formats, for the very simple reason that it wouldn't be profitable.

President Emmanuel Macron

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Read MoreIf you worked all Read MoreIf you life and gave away so much, read MoreIf you didn't have any type of job that was incredibly profitable or anything. Read MoreIf you worked at McDonald's. Read MoreIf you was Read MoreIf you. Read MoreIf you was Read MoreIf you. But Read MoreIf you always wanted to make sure that Read MoreIf you family, both at home and in Bangladesh, had everything they needed. Read MoreIf you would make that sacrifice again and again.

Mahtab Shihab

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The way we think about it is, if you have a business that was an otherwise profitable ongoing concern that is impacted by this, you shouldn't have to go out of business because of this temporary shock, individuals that were otherwise employed should not have to go into default.

Neil Bradley

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

As Eats moves into its next phase of more profitable growth, I am happy to have Pierre at the helm, and look forward to him applying his nearly eight years of experience with our Rides business to capture the many opportunities that lie ahead for Eats.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We recognize that the era of growth at all costs is over, in a world where investors increasingly demand not just growth, but profitable growth, we are well-positioned to win through continuous innovation, excellent execution, and the unrivaled scale of our global platform.

Dara Khosrowshahi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In the coming months, I look forward to working together with my dedicated colleagues on the ground and in the air to position Norwegian for a profitable and sustainable future in international aviation.

Chief Executive Jacob Schram

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Mills did not earn heavily last year but were still profitable, as long as there is profit, mills will raise their utilization rates.

Zhao Yu

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Few have a convincing reply to the question of how they're going to make the business profitable.

Raul Moreira

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I hate the word robotaxi, there are so many applications and businesses to be built, and (try to) understand which ones are more profitable than others.

Bryan Salesky

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Never value anything as profitable that compels you to break your promise, to lose your self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything that needs walls and curtains.

Marcus Aurelius

added by Normando
4 years ago

Making an electric pickup truck that sells in the same price range as an F-150 and making it profitable will be tough.

Sam Fiorani

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Vijay was at an interesting crossroads. He was the majority shareholder in One97... the company was growing well and very profitable, he could have easily sold the company and retired, or he could invest 100 % of his net worth into creating a new company.

Ravi Adusumalli

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The American people have had enough. They are sick and tired of profitable corporations like Amazon, General Motors, Eli Lilly, Chevron, Halliburton, Netflix and Delta making billions in profits, but paying nothing in federal income taxes.

Bernie Sanders

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have a successful, profitable, growing business.

Packaging DigestWhile Szaky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As long as the bosses of Nike and Adidas don't come out and say something stupid and get banned by China's central government, I think sneaker resales in China will remain pretty profitable.

Zhu Junwen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Condor is a profitable company and therefore our decision was based on economic factors, not on political criteria.

Peter Altmaier

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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