as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
all your begging will not avail you in the least
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Recent Examples of availed
Presidents from both parties have availed themselves of this flexibility.
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Sarah Burns, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
Only one other angler availed himself of the river's delights Thursday.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Barack Obama also availed himself of caution, reluctance and NATO partners to use air power to subdue chaos on the ground in Libya.
—John Brummett, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Both men availed themselves of substitutes.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Beth Bourne availed herself of the allotted 3 minutes of public comment to express her disagreement with school district’s middle school locker room policies and emphasized her point by stripping down to two-piece swimsuit.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Sarah Burns, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
Only one other angler availed himself of the river's delights Thursday.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Barack Obama also availed himself of caution, reluctance and NATO partners to use air power to subdue chaos on the ground in Libya.
—John Brummett, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Both men availed themselves of substitutes.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Beth Bourne availed herself of the allotted 3 minutes of public comment to express her disagreement with school district’s middle school locker room policies and emphasized her point by stripping down to two-piece swimsuit.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for availed
benefited
Verb
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Talarico also benefited from a late surge of money and attention.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Sheets’ 6-point win benefitted from hundreds of thousands in advertising paid for by Abbott, Cross said.—
Karen Brooks Harper
Austin Bureau,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Availed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/availed. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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