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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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It's great for the area to bring international guests in, it's a great benefit for hotels and local businesses.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The ultimate benefit is much smaller because there are fewer tax savings in later years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

"India doesn't need to make the chip or train the model to benefit," Prateek Nigudkar, a fund manager at Shriram AMC, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The post sought to downplay the gravity of the situation and opined that investors are likely to give Aschenbrenner the benefit of the doubt.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

A monster in the shape of a girl who had wanted so badly to fly she’d nearly tried it without the benefit of wings.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Legislators could exempt current retirees from any cuts to benefits, decide to protect lower-income beneficiaries, raise payroll taxes, or even all of the above.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Cushinan said the tournament had lots of benefits for the local area as well as for the teams taking part.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Manufacturers point to potential benefits of the AI-linked technology.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The possible on year drop reflects a slightly lower earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization as higher operating costs would outgrow revenue and lower tax benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

This is the price we pay for the many benefits of the locked door.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

While the effects from the war mostly benefited ExxonMobil, damage to key liquefied natural gas assets in Qatar dented output.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Almost half of the 211 votes are held by Asia and Africa - two regions that have benefited from the hugely increased finances.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

This decision benefited all our parents and grandparents.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Mohenjo-daro devoted significant effort to practical features that benefited the wider population.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Those of us who were privileged to be his friends benefited from his example, not to mention his help and encouragement, with which he was always generous.

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

The rise in energy prices, particularly for natural gas, was much larger back then, and the economy was still benefiting from a postpandemic rebound in demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Nevertheless, Europe is benefiting from a flicker of activity in the defence sector, notably with the stock market debut in Amsterdam of Czech arms giant CSG, at $4.47 billion, the third-largest deal worldwide since January.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

For now, T-Mobile is benefiting from pricing moves and network investments.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Abrams, who has helmed blockbusters in the “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Wars” franchises among many other hits, and fairly or not she has been accused of benefiting from nepotism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

“What I don’t understand is how anybody can say that Obama is benefiting because he’s a black man,” Paula said.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"If we had started this years ago, everyone would have benefitted," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 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

In spite of its oil wealth, much of its 1.8m population has not benefitted, as poverty remains rampant.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Newcomen must have benefitted from either Savery’s or Papin’s expertise.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, which are closest to the physical bottlenecks of the AI buildout, have been among the sectors benefitting most from the spending boom.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 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

At first they made money from illegal logging and plantations, later benefitting from a speculative property boom in the cities fuelled by Chinese investors.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2026

And the removal of slavery is the great consummation to which all benevolent efforts for benefitting the African race in this country, should ultimately tend.

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd




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