in the black

idiom

: making a profit : profitable
The company is finally in the black.

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The creation featured a beaded skirt with dramatic slit, sheer lace on the bodice and 3D tube-like accents across the waist and bust. 14 of 18 Jordan Chiles Jordan Chiles attended the 2025 Gold Gala in L.A. in the black Anais Dress by Bronx and Banco featuring dramatic cutouts and a short train. Catherine Santino, People.com, 13 May 2025 For example, just as a bell ringing slightly out of tune might indicate a crack or imperfection, deviations in gravitational wave frequencies can point to asymmetries in the black hole's shape. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Music pulsed from the speakers and players sat smiling in the black leather chairs in front of their lockers. Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Even those who run their own dioceses in the black are not familiar with the unique challenges facing a Pope. Gerald Posner, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Cuban has publicly stated that the Mavericks rarely finished in the black in his time as majority owner. C. Clark, D. Aldridge, S. Amick, F. Katz, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Embedded in that light were signatures of individual elements found in the black hole's winds. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 The museum suffered a severe cash crunch after the FBI raid, but the institution subsequently rebounded and finished its last fiscal year in the black, according to Mattson, who joined the museum staff in April 2023, nearly a year after the FBI raid. Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025 Yet even as some accounts were deep in the black, some agencies were overspending others by wider margins. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025

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“In the black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20black. Accessed 16 May. 2025.

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