as in lucrative
yielding a profit made a highly remunerative investment that will end up paying my college tuition

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Recent Examples of remunerative Stable, remunerative employment reinforces good habits and discourages bad ones. Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020 While those with investments in the stock market see the ongoing rout as a sign to cut their losses and move money to safer, more remunerative markets. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024 But teaching hospitals typically pay residents and fellows the same stipend for each year of training, regardless of specialty, financially incentivizing hospitals to train doctors in more remunerative specialties. Abraham Nussbaum and Renee Y. Hsia, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023 Of the twenty-five most remunerative majors, two are economics and business; the rest are technical. Ryan Craig, Forbes, 5 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for remunerative

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“Remunerative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remunerative. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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