as in beneficial
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
a trade agreement that is advantageous to both countries
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Recent Examples of advantageous
An advantageous aerial view Neither orbiter carries instruments that were designed to clock wind speeds on Mars.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Dropleaf tables are usually put in breakfast nooks, but their space-saving abilities can also be advantageous when used in a small entryway.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that the reason there are more organisms living on the warheads than around them is because living on a solid hard surface is more advantageous than more transient substrates – and, in doing so, the organisms had become more tolerant to toxins seeping from the weapons.
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
So today’s college students will enter a job market where AI proficiency is advantageous and increasingly essential.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Dropleaf tables are usually put in breakfast nooks, but their space-saving abilities can also be advantageous when used in a small entryway.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that the reason there are more organisms living on the warheads than around them is because living on a solid hard surface is more advantageous than more transient substrates – and, in doing so, the organisms had become more tolerant to toxins seeping from the weapons.
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
So today’s college students will enter a job market where AI proficiency is advantageous and increasingly essential.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for advantageous
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Industry pushback and innovation concerns Some tech companies argue that such regulation could stifle innovation, limit beneficial uses of conversational AI (education, mental-health support for older teens) or impose heavy compliance burdens.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, most are weaker and can deliver beneficial precipitation to water supplies, according to NOAA.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, despite Republicans seeing the current political climate among youth voters as favorable to their cause, Democrats see an opposite scenario.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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In some spots on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, though, oysters aren’t settling, despite the ostensibly favorable conditions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Trinkets are either very helpful or very pointless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Supportive footwear or braces can also be helpful, when needed.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Advantageous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advantageous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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