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
Both men availed themselves of substitutes.
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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
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
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For now, all that can be said for certain, judging by the latest implosion in his current employers West Ham’s fast-deteriorating season, is that nobody has benefited from his falling-out with Edu and the sequence of events that brought about Nuno’s exit from the City Ground.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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And this new college football world — where players are free agents every year — has dramatically benefitted Miami because of the Canes’ knack for luring top players (Cam Ward, Carson Beck, many others) and their financial wherewithal to offer them competitive NIL deals.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Availed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/availed. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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