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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.


Example Sentences

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The Scottish and UK governments had both lobbied for the current 10% tariff rate to be reduced or removed on the basis it would benefit both Scottish and US distillers.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

She did not give a breakdown of the increase, leaving it unclear who would benefit.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“To suggest that one branch would seek to derive economic benefit from the Epstein matter would be to misunderstand those ties and to insult the decision-makers involved,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Meta could see traction with AI agents or benefit from the development of its custom chips, he noted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

I noticed that Rasseem had slunk away without so much as a nod once he had seen there was no benefit for him.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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