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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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Large international studies have found that the kidney disease drug finerenone may benefit far more patients than current treatment guidelines recommend.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

There is no single “right” age to claim benefits or to switch from survivor benefits to your own retirement benefit.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Bankers have told both companies that whichever startup goes first will get to define the new industry and benefit from being able to access large pools of cash eager to back new AI companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Dr Marie Spreckley, an expert from Cambridge University who was not involved in the research, said the findings were promising but should be viewed as "encouraging early evidence" rather than definitive proof of clinical benefit.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Until March 14, the stock market had given the big Wall Street firms the benefit of the doubt.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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