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benefit

[ben-uh-fit] / ˈbɛn ə fɪt /




Usage

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Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.


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Other compounds in coffee may provide some or all of the benefit.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

L&VW said on Tuesday that the new offer had "material improvements" on the old one, and would benefit customers.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

I can’t imagine what benefit her customer was getting out of the experience.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

“This estimate helps illustrate why both preretirees and retirees alike will benefit from carefully considering out-of-pocket expenses and how they will pay for them as they build out their retirement income strategy.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Unlike washing the dead, payment could be received for shemira, since it was for the benefit of the living.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Experimental research suggests that some bioactive compounds in coffee have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which may contribute to its possible benefits.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

"They don't have any job security. They don't have benefits like pension because they are not permanent employees."

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Success means communities reap economic benefits, ratepayers don’t foot the bill for massive new energy demand and infrastructure keeps pace with unprecedented growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

"All the benefits I was getting were going on fuel to get my daughter to and from school every day," he told the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

“Glad you’re teaching her, Macon. That’s one of the benefits of being a grandfather. What can I help y’all with today?”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Revenue rose 5% across Hasbro’s consumer-products unit, which benefited from the release of “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” during the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

While China’s memory industry has certainly benefited from government backing, CXMT’s progress cannot be reduced to subsidies alone, according to Zhao of Hello China Tech.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Executives said May’s results likely benefited from higher gas prices, as shoppers flocked to Costco’s stores to find the best deal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

However, some unofficial brands have benefited from Fifa trying to make sure fans see less of them, such as the Levi's logo outside the Levi's stadium in San Francisco being covered up.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

The story may have been apocryphal, but it was also true that Permian football benefited from desegregation.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Additionally, Post expects Alphabet’s capital spending to be “relatively efficient vs. peers, likely benefiting from TPU usage for internal AI capabilities,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The Swedish truck maker surprised with order intake in both trucks and construction equipment, with the divisions benefiting from cyclical recovery, Housden says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Overall bilateral trade could also increase by 15% every year, higher than the current growth rate of 10-12%, according to CareEdge, with consumers from both sides broadly benefiting from improved product quality and broader choice.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Bankers are pitching private-equity firms on a hot asset class benefiting from unrelenting demand for computing power, reports Anissa Gardizy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

They were benefiting from people who were running for their lives.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

He said teams had benefitted from low wind and light rain earlier on Saturday.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

In the new era of revenue sharing, particularly because of NIL rights, student athletes have benefitted.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The backdrop has Conger’s team underweight on the Magnificent Seven and semiconductors, which have benefitted from the artificial-intelligence spending blitz.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

A recent wave of worries about AI spending that has weighed on the chip sector is also now spreading to other parts of the market that benefitted from billions in data center buildout spending.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Like most things in the Night Zoo, the terms and conditions held by its indentured workers only benefitted one person.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

He expects the array of industries and companies benefitting from the AI boom to continue broadening out in the months ahead.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Vance is still benefitting from “Hillbilly Elegy” as well.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

But it has been the destruction of forests and mining further upstream which may have flushed the nutrients, like nitrogen, from soils into waterways, benefitting the mangroves down the river.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

It was a starry, starry night at Thursday’s sold-out Hollywood Bowl Netflix is a Joke Presents: Night of Too Many Stars epic comic bonanza fundraiser benefitting autism programs nationwide, including Autism Speaks.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Let these reflections raise you above the trifles that amuse without benefitting you.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll




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