benefit
Usage
What are other ways to say benefit?
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.
Example Sentences
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A 2025 systematic review and meta analysis of randomized trials found that supplementation with B vitamins, including B6, B9, or B12, produced a very small benefit in global cognitive function among older adults.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
While workers are expected to benefit from the deal, some shareholders voiced opposition, vowing to pursue legal action against the tentative agreement.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The world’s most popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs are linked to a powerful new possible benefit: better outcomes for cancer patients.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"As more than one patient may be suitable for the same donated organ, offering schemes are designed to ensure each donation achieves the greatest possible benefit to those patients most in need," it explained.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
In each location the reunion drew large crowds, in which witnesses claimed they saw two ghosts from a bygone era materializing one final time for the benefit of the present generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing benefit
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 11-20
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