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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"I wish the Rooppur nuclear power plant goes into operation soon, and we reap the full benefit," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Previous research has shown that spending leisure time together can benefit couples.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Clearly some risks are unacceptable. But we think it’s important to get technology into the hands of as many people as possible so that they can benefit from it,” Dwyer said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“If consumers increasingly rely on generative AI as a shopping discovery tool, Walmart appears well-positioned to benefit because its value proposition is simple for models to understand and communicate,” they continued.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
That’s another benefit of hanging out with kids.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Captains are offered a monthly salary package in excess of $18,000 and benefits ranging from concessional flight tickets for family and friends, free flights for annual leave, and open-ended contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
That finding suggests spouses may not need costly gym memberships or elaborate home workout equipment to experience the potential relationship benefits of being active together.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The paper says the interceptor system would be funded by "slashing benefits"
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The manager urged focusing instead on companies that can use AI technology, as costs will likely come down over time, leading to benefits for companies implementing it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Village life certainly brought the first farmers some immediate benefits, such as better protection against wild animals, rain and cold.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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But only 35 percent considered it benefited Venezuela, compared to 28 percent who said it harmed the Caribbean country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The early-2020s surge of immigration actually benefited native-born citizens, Rutgers University’s Jennifer Hunt and two co-authors find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Perhaps, given your vocation, you also benefited from a parsonage at some point.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
It is impossible to know exactly to what extent City benefited on the field from their rule breaches.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Everything he accomplished on the battlefield benefited the Republic and made it stronger.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite reached new closing records on Tuesday, driven by a small group of tech companies benefiting from the AI trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The state’s aerospace industry is further benefiting from increased commercial aircraft production, defense purchases, space exploration and satellite production, it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I want to know what we are spending, why we are spending it, and whether students are actually benefiting from it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
There’s no question that Micron Technology is benefiting from robust artificial-intelligence spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
They were benefiting from people who were running for their lives.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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In speeches at the event Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, and Corey O’Connor, Pittsburgh’s mayor, both spoke of the ways developments from CMU have historically benefitted the city and state.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
"If we had started this years ago, everyone would have benefitted," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Newcomen must have benefitted from either Savery’s or Papin’s expertise.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Accelerating demand for traditional and AI servers, as well as storage and networking equipment, is benefitting both Dell and HPE, Mulberry said in emailed comments.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 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
Bangladesh dominated Australia on day one of the first Test, despite Steve Smith benefitting from being given not out on review to a ball he later said he nicked.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, groups such as his are benefitting from the government brain drain.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
For a being, all whose wishes are fulfilled, could concern itself about others only with a view to benefitting them.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
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