beneficial

adjective

ben·e·fi·cial | \ ˌbe-nə-ˈfi-shəl

Definition of beneficial

1 : producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit entry 1 sense 1) the beneficial effects of regular exercise insects that are beneficial to your garden

2 : receiving or entitling one to receive advantage, use, or benefit a beneficial owner of securities a beneficial interest in an estate

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Examples of beneficial in a Sentence

He hopes the new drug will prove beneficial to many people. Regular exercise has many beneficial health effects. They have a relationship that is beneficial to both of them. Some insects are harmful but others are beneficial.

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Tabor, who supported the changes, still can’t say whether the amendments will be more beneficial to the return team or kickoff team. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, "Will Pat O'Donnell respond to competition in fight to stick with Bears?," 13 July 2018 Researchers at the University of York conducted the study in hopes of gaining a better understanding of why humans speak differently to animals and whether such speech is actually beneficial to dogs. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "What Dogs Really Think of Your ‘Puppy’ Voice," 6 June 2018 Investors will be waiting, listening for other news that would be beneficial not only to banks, but to industrial and technology stocks. — Alex Veiga, The Seattle Times, "S&P 500 notches 3rd straight weekly gain as US stocks rally," 14 Apr. 2019 The huge Chinese global infrastructure building program known as the Belt-and-Road Initiative was supposed to help unleash an economic boom in close ally Pakistan that was beneficial to both countries. — Saeed Shah, WSJ, "China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative Puts a Squeeze on Pakistan," 3 Apr. 2019 But while body-positive YouTuber Loey Lane's new brand, Love AnyBody, does exactly that, there's no denying that the products are truly beneficial for anybody with, well, anybody — and any budget. — Marci Robin, Allure, "Loey Lane's New Brand Love AnyBody Launches Affordable Body-Care Products at Target," 4 Apr. 2019 This isn’t the first evidence that mutations can prove beneficial for disease resistance and long-term survival. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "Could Shark DNA Help Fight Cancer in Humans?," 22 Feb. 2019 If a review takes too long, market movements risk making the deal less beneficial for one of the parties. — Lalita Clozel, WSJ, "Bank Mergers Get Faster Under Trump," 13 Feb. 2019 Ubisoft fully supports Epic and their third-party distribution model, which is in the long-term, beneficial for publishers both large and indie and the video games industry. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "An Epic defection? The Division 2 won't release on Steam," 9 Jan. 2019

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