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Definition of beneficial
1 : producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see 1benefit 2) 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
beneficialness
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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.
Recent Examples of beneficial from the Web
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Barbato suggested making the pitch clock 15 seconds, while Lindblom said shortening the break between innings to 1½ minutes from 2½ minutes could be beneficial.
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But looking back at the device's first decade, one of the most beneficial changes the iPhone brought about for consumers didn't have much to do with the phone itself.
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No baseball team desires injuries, yet the timing of the nagging ailment could prove beneficial.
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The episodes where Alec Baldwin showed up to play Donald Trump for Saturday Night Live provided a perfect pop cultural case study for a mutually beneficial arrangement.
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There could be some beneficial use of these guns, but overall the harm outweighs the benefit.
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One potentially beneficial scenario could have the team beefing up its front court, picking a talented power forward to pair with Whiteside.
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Economic studies and billionaires alike are saying these proposals are fair and beneficial.
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Ramirez got caught trying to steal third base, which proved even more beneficial a few moments later.
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Origin and Etymology of beneficial
Latin beneficium favor, benefit —see benefice
BENEFICIAL Defined for English Language Learners
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: producing good or helpful results or effects : producing benefits
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