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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Cancer cells appear to benefit from this enhanced sensing ability.
From Science Daily
Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing a new way to determine which cancer patients are most likely to benefit from targeted therapies by illuminating tumors in medical scans.
From Science Daily
Even the most enthusiastic potluck table benefits from a little structural support.
From Salon
He also recommends putting that money back to work in sectors like utilities, financials and industries, areas that could still benefit from a growing economy and the AI boom.
From MarketWatch
Melatonin appears to provide clear benefits for sleep difficulties in children with neurodevelopmental conditions.
From Science Daily
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