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lucrative

[loo-kruh-tiv] / ˈlu krə tɪv /


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Passing “Go” has become especially lucrative for mobile game publisher Scopely.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

It found that buying the dip isn’t always lucrative and that the strategy sometimes suffers huge drawdowns that significantly underperform a buy-and-hold portfolio.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

In Alibaba's case, the company argues that this restriction creates a functional blockade, forcing its long-term American advisers to sever ties to protect their own lucrative defence contracts.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Plus, the lucrative Polymarket bets that never were, and what to know about shark encounters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

But its lucrative nature was evident in the white Continental with red leather seats and in Presto’s gold watch and jeweled rings, his newscaster’s hair.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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