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benefit

[ben-uh-fit] / ˈbɛn ə fɪt /




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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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But Carney sought to reassure his southern neighbor Thursday by saying the United States also stood to benefit from Canada diversifying its ties.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Countries, including Poland, Norway and the Netherlands, have mandated similar rules to "boost the economic benefit from defence procurement", the statement continued.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Their combined benefit isn’t only strong but also remarkably consistent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In the founding period, the word emolument was used to mean not only salary, but far more commonly profit, gain, advantage, or benefit.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

How could children benefit from hearing sounds in a new way?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Integral said its 1Q revenue in Australia rose by 5.1%, lagging behind estimated growth in Medicare benefits of 7.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Examine and preserve his savings, find out if he has long-term-care insurance or veterans’ benefits if he served in the military, and whether he might qualify for Medicaid.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The think tank believes fiscal devolution can offer significant benefits, if the challenges are managed effectively.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

She echoed the benefits of a larger panel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

It would all be for the greater good, and any harm done would be repaid a hundredfold in benefits for wizards.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

While Reddit may have benefited from this lag as its revenue was improving, the lower-than-expected forecast and drop in daily active uniques in the U.S. suggests the opposite is occurring, the analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, a friend and ally of Bass since 1995, said Black Angelenos have benefited from the mayor’s work on public safety, economic development and construction of affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Along with rivals, BP's third quarter benefited from strong refining margins, which reflect the spread between the price of crude oil and the fuels derived from it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The U.K. has also benefited from the markets’ attention being drawn elsewhere, particularly to France’s fiscal and political pressures,” said Huw Davies, an investment manager at Jupiter Asset Management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

He told the German officials that he was an importer in America, hinting that Germany somehow benefited from his work.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

ExxonMobil and Chevron reported massive third-quarter profits, benefiting from global energy market disruptions caused by drone attacks on refineries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The upshot: The Americans benefiting most from soaring energy stocks aren’t necessarily the ones feeling the pain at the pump.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Investors already know that higher interest rates are benefiting the banks so HSBC's big increase in third-quarter profits was not enough to win them over," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

A prosecutor usually needs to prove that one of these people committed a criminal act while doing their job, with some intention of benefiting the company.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

No one had any doubt that it was not the animals but their owners who were benefiting from the law.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Both producers posted a sharp increase in third-quarter earnings as their oil refining units benefitted from a spike in fuel prices related to war-related disruptions in Middle East and Russian exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In speeches at the event Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, and Corey O’Connor, Pittsburgh’s mayor, both spoke of the ways developments from CMU have historically benefitted the city and state.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Like Arthur Fery, his 2019 Wimbledon boys' doubles partners who shot up the rankings following an unexpected run to this year's SW19 semi-finals, Samuel has benefitted from the American collegiate system.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Bitcoin has, along with gold and silver, also benefitted from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The argument went that we benefitted from compulsory education, as it provides a livelihood for formerly enslaved, who couldn’t find gainful employment after the war.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Oil-services company Halliburton reported quarterly earnings and revenue growth, benefitting from elevated oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of technology-research firm Valoir, said Nvidia was likely benefitting from a general market rebound on Wednesday as investors responded to momentum in oil prices and a pullback in Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Meanwhile, groups such as his are benefitting from the government brain drain.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Meanwhile Chinese brands have been moving aggressively onto international markets, introducing new technologies while benefitting from lower production costs than European rivals.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

I think nothing is really pleasure as compared with the blessedness of benefitting others.

From The Harvest of Years by Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell


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