as in beneficial
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as in benefiting
to provide with something useful or desirable
all your begging will not avail you in the least
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Recent Examples of availing
Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
Because those employees are in turn often availing themselves of Medi-Cal, Elhawary said, lawmakers see a logical path to taxing their employers in order to support the healthcare system at large.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for availing
Adjective
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Having a head coach and GM aligned in the fashion that Charles Lee and Jeff Peterson are has also really been beneficial.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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Cloves contain antioxidants and other beneficial compounds, but there isn't that much research on clove water, specifically.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Former President Barack Obama is calling on voters in Virginia to support a ballot measure this spring that would change the commonwealth's constitution and cause new congressional district boundaries benefiting Democrats to be used in this fall's midterm elections.—
Hunter Woodall,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Because the plea deals involve years of treatment, people continue benefiting from the programs even if no new participants enter them, Raven said.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The helpful staff won’t steer you wrong.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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Beyond the photos, most helpful was a set of Rodriguez’s sketches that Mance and his team discovered in Vanity Fair, which showed both the wedding dress and Carolyn’s rehearsal dinner dress.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But Lawrence only offered constructive criticism.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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The analyst said the downsizing should increase its earnings power, underpinning a more constructive stance on the name.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And thanks to the economic changes to F1—a cost cap limits spending in several areas including car research and construction—Williams was profitable in 2022 and 2023, and relatively close to break-even in 2024.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Clothing for Resale There was a time when reselling secondhand clothing, especially vintage or designer, could be quite profitable.—
Ashley Poskin,
Martha Stewart,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Availing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/availing. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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