make money
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: to earn money : to make a profit
The club made money by selling advertisements in the newsletter.
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Former staffers stress that the mission of the Kennedy Center, a nonprofit founded in 1971, is not to make money but to represent the best of American culture.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
The Crowds Image Nightclubs make money mainly by alcohol sales, and their core demographic are ages 21 to 34.
—Brian Josephs, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Sites don’t make money unless users click through and see ads or buy products.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
But there's also a ton of imitators and imposters who are simply trying to make money—at the expense of normal folks who end up wasting their time money making recipes that don't work.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
The Crowds Image Nightclubs make money mainly by alcohol sales, and their core demographic are ages 21 to 34.
—Brian Josephs, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Sites don’t make money unless users click through and see ads or buy products.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
But there's also a ton of imitators and imposters who are simply trying to make money—at the expense of normal folks who end up wasting their time money making recipes that don't work.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make money
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“Make money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20money. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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