as in favorable
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
tutoring can often be as beneficial and rewarding for the tutor as for the student receiving the help
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Recent Examples of beneficial
Supporting gut health requires a combination of probiotic foods and fiber-rich foods to help beneficial bacteria grow and thrive.
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Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2026
Doing these in several small bouts throughout the day is more beneficial than tackling them all in one marathon session.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 1 Apr. 2026
Binoculars will certainly be beneficial in making a sighting of one or all of these worlds.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
But with concerns about the potential impact on infant growth, limiting the amount of heavy metals in formula can be beneficial.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2026
Doing these in several small bouts throughout the day is more beneficial than tackling them all in one marathon session.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 1 Apr. 2026
Binoculars will certainly be beneficial in making a sighting of one or all of these worlds.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
But with concerns about the potential impact on infant growth, limiting the amount of heavy metals in formula can be beneficial.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficial
Adjective
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Downtown trees offer favorable habitat.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for celebrating the holiday.—
Jason Pierce,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The helpful trine between the Moon in your private 12th house and Jupiter in your cautious 8th house offers astrological support regarding tender topics.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
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Overall the staff is friendly and helpful in accommodating specific needs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Gluting is ranked as the second best left-hander in Illinois in the 2027 class by Prep Baseball Report behind Benet’s Quinn Rooney, who’s a Notre Dame recruit.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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But UConn, usually at its best after making halftime adjustments, immediately fell behind again in the third.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Slowly, Castro’s cronies built a kleptocracy that proved ruinous to the Cuban people, but hugely profitable to them.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The commercial success of M-Pesa — the mobile money unit of Kenya’s biggest mobile network operator Safaricom — has convinced investors and executives that mobile money can be a profitable financial platform.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Beneficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficial. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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