lucrative career

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lucrative
adjective
uk
/ˈluː.krə.tɪv/us
/ˈluː.krə.t̬ɪv/
(especially of a business, job, or activity) producing a lot ...
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career
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪər/us
/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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(Definition oflucrativeandcareerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mathews supported himself and his family from investments made during hislucrativecareeras a licensed surveyor.
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After his retirement in 1617, he began a new,lucrativecareeras medical consultant.
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She also began herlucrativecareeras spokesperson for a variety of companies in a wide range of radio and television commercials.
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His willingness to step away from alucrativecareermeant an enormous amount to me.
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He decided to forsake the life of a poet for a morelucrativecareerbut not before allowing himself a few months of poetic indulgence.
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From 1992 to 2000, he worked in his family's businesses, and developed alucrativecareerin international trade.
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Ten years her senior, he managed herlucrativecareerfor seven years, overseeing her finances and enterprises during her heyday as a model.
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She also had a successful andlucrativecareeras a concert singer which continued until her retirement from performance in 1973.
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After ten years in marketing and advertising, with his wife's encouragement, he gave up alucrativecareerto become a novelist.
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This windfall gives him alucrativecareer, taking money from resorts and similar places in exchange for not going there.
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Ivan tells him it comes with the territory of such alucrativecareer.
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Moments later, as the protagonist is dreaming about alucrativecareeras novelty act performer, the bird flies out the door, never to be seen again.
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Anderson had recently finished a long andlucrativecareerin the country music business, releasing and promoting albums and singles for the public.
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Autry enjoyed a morelucrativecareeroverseas.
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There are more lucrative careers than the care of other people's children.
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Precious taxpayers' money should end up with artists, writers and musicians, not with those who make lucrative careers out of administering the arts.
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They are lured away into accountancy and other more lucrative careers.
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Southerners enjoyed lucrative careers as bureaucrats and service providers to the north, but very few ever chose to visit there.
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