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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.


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Reduced TET enzyme activity is a common feature in some blood cancers, prompting researchers to investigate whether vitamin C supplements might benefit people at risk of developing these diseases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

The party is seeking to pitch the plan as more ambitious than the government's own scheme, which subsidises six-month job placements for benefit claimants who have been looking for work for 18 months.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“The message of this event is that these major corporations, that are the largest and richest corporations in the history of the planet, benefit from our civilized society,” Fish said before the rally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

For students, this means seeing the benefit of studying because they know it can result in good grades, which can lead to college admission and eventually, a job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Critical evidence: How the arts benefit student achievement.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The annual contest was started in 1994 in Carrbridge by a local hotel owner as a way of promoting the health benefits of porridge as well raising the profile of the area.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Most people know that physical activity benefits health.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“The evidence on the benefits of nicotine on memory, mood and metabolism is not well supported,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The amount of Social Security benefits that the Education Department collected increased from $16.2 million in 2001 to $429.7 million in 2019, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

His second set of awards gave out more wage increases and benefits.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

In the San Francisco area, even as tech companies have benefited from hundreds of billions of dollars in AI investments, major companies such as Google, Salesforce and Facebook owner Meta have cut staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The company has increasingly benefited from a “flight to quality” dynamic, according to StoneX analyst Yi Fu Lee.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

It is impossible to know exactly to what extent City benefited on the field from their rule breaches.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

If they could reverse the flow—make the horrors of slavery visible to those who benefited from it—they might be able to end the vile practice forever.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

There’s no question that Micron Technology is benefiting from robust artificial-intelligence spending.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The deal overall will likely be supportive of K+N’s business, with the air logistics area benefiting the most, while remaining cautious on its sea logistics exposure, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

That guaranteed the teams with revenue, with brokers benefiting from a markup for popular games but taking the risk that tickets to less popular games would sell at a loss, or not at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

One billion people — mostly English speakers — are benefiting from improving AI systems, while another 7 billion are largely left behind, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“What I don’t understand is how anybody can say that Obama is benefiting because he’s a black man,” Paula said.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Archer benefitted from two miscues from mid-on, then came back to eventually end the Ali-Abbas last-wicket stand.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, Hosseini noted that logic chips, such as central processing units, have also benefitted from rising average prices, though “recent trends suggest a period of stabilization.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of technology-research firm Valoir, said Nvidia was likely benefitting from a general market rebound on Wednesday as investors responded to momentum in oil prices and a pullback in Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Meanwhile, groups such as his are benefitting from the government brain drain.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Meanwhile Chinese brands have been moving aggressively onto international markets, introducing new technologies while benefitting from lower production costs than European rivals.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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

I think nothing is really pleasure as compared with the blessedness of benefitting others.

From The Harvest of Years by Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell




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