benefit
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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Russian engineers are skilled at exploiting off-the-shelf equipment to maximum benefit, such as in creating antennas that thwart electronic countermeasures and communication networks that overcome jamming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
With free school meal eligibility expanding this year to all families who receive Universal Credit, Ahmed said there had been an "influx of parents" applying, and expects around 70% of pupils to benefit going forward.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
That’s the benefit of employing the easiest lyrics in the world to blast an emotional message into the sky.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Even those who moved to the area for prison jobs often settled in adjacent communities, providing little direct benefit to the local economy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
First, there is the claim that history must be written without benefit of hindsight.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Former President Barack Obama urged Democrats to develop a strategy with sensible guardrails at a private fundraiser Thursday to maximize the benefits of AI and prevent catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Criminal justice policy researchers have found that the proposed economic benefits of prisons to small, rural communities were probably overstated to begin with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“There’s this concept out there that if your testosterone number is higher, then all these magical benefits will accrue to you, and it’s simply not true.”
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
White says that while the charity deals with families who are on benefits, staff also support families who are "just above the threshold to claim".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It was high time that someone official educated the poor villagers on the benefits of orbs and the powers of the Governor, That was one part of the reason Nok's father had decided to come.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Roberts added that the regents “have benefited greatly from his wisdom, vision, and leadership. We look forward to working with him in the coming months to ensure a smooth transition for his successor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Gene White, a 28-year-old in Chicago, told MarketWatch his parents benefited from “economic serendipity.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Mayors' new powers to introduce such a levy would mean local people benefited "even more" from tourism to their area, they said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
They have benefited from long defence and aerospace legacies, top-flight technical universities, a ready pool of talent and a supportive political climate, industry insiders say.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
If I’d stopped to think about it, I might have realized that I was burned-out by school—by the grind of lectures, papers, and exams—and probably would have benefited from doing something different.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The fund follows William's decision to stop personally benefiting from the £1.5m annual rent generated by Dartmoor Prison, with the funding redirected into the local community.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, the star wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, has played there since 2023, benefiting from the state’s lack of income tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
They returned to work in high numbers after the pandemic, benefiting from a climate in which businesses were offering better benefits, more flexibility and higher pay, which allowed them to move into good jobs.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
But the Colorado ranchers insist that with their land-management practices, they are benefiting the ecosystem, nourishing the soil and capturing carbon in their grazing lands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Dear Miss Wright: We trust that you have been benefiting from your first year at the New York School of Fine Arts.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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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
Along with other industrial firms such as France's Schneider Electric and Switzerland's ABB, Siemens has benefitted from demand for data centres that provide the computing power for AI.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the new era of revenue sharing, particularly because of NIL rights, student athletes have benefitted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Washington did not think his slaves “would be benefitted by the change,” he wrote to his personal secretary.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Tesla shares may also be benefitting from the company’s recent disclosure that it would provide details next month about the European launch of its electric Semi truck.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Chacin said the expanded police presence could help stem violence, but that tackling organized crime required, above all, following the money -- investigating how the proceeds are laundered and who is benefitting most.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Michael also overtook Oppenheimer despite Noan's film benefitting from the viral "Barbenheimer" phenomenon in the summer of 2023.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Vance is still benefitting from “Hillbilly Elegy” as well.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Mark continued taciturn as ever, though his enormous mustachios seemed to grow constantly, as if benefitting by the energy that should have gone into speech.
From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Louis Zangwill
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