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helpful

[help-fuhl] / ˈhɛlp fəl /


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Aga said: "I think it's very helpful to actually see what the surgeon is talking about."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

What is most helpful to sustaining those expansionary periods now and in the future?

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Avello concludes, "Everything that we're doing is only important and helpful if we talk about it."

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

An overwhelming majority of system users in a study commissioned by the agency that oversees the lifeline said they found it helpful and potentially lifesaving.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

I’d never known that boy be so helpful.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck