have the benefit of
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: to be helped by (something) : to be able to use (something)
Her judgment will be better when she has the benefit of more experience.
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Screening does have the benefit of detecting cancers at an early stage, when treatment is often more effective.
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Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Taxpayers and their advisors will need to rely on remaining guidance on partnership tax issues and, because of restrictions on new regulations, may not have the benefit of additional guidance on the change in enforcement methods and priorities.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Face coverings also have the benefit of shielding your identity from cameras and police surveillance.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
Rattler, now with the New Orleans Saints, was good but didn’t have the benefit of good protection.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Taxpayers and their advisors will need to rely on remaining guidance on partnership tax issues and, because of restrictions on new regulations, may not have the benefit of additional guidance on the change in enforcement methods and priorities.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Face coverings also have the benefit of shielding your identity from cameras and police surveillance.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
Rattler, now with the New Orleans Saints, was good but didn’t have the benefit of good protection.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Have the benefit of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20the%20benefit%20of. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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