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
Beet juice contains vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other beneficial plant compounds.
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Lindsey Desoto, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
It's known to lower blood pressure, manage cholesterol levels, boost beneficial gut bacteria, and deliver several other health benefits that your body will appreciate.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
The ultimate goal is to harness these effects to produce clinically beneficial outcomes, such as stopping hand tremors, the researchers said.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Former Biden National Security Council official Tarun Chhabra now leads its national security policy, while former White House economic aide Elizabeth Kelly serves as head of beneficial deployments.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
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Lindsey Desoto, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
It's known to lower blood pressure, manage cholesterol levels, boost beneficial gut bacteria, and deliver several other health benefits that your body will appreciate.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
The ultimate goal is to harness these effects to produce clinically beneficial outcomes, such as stopping hand tremors, the researchers said.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Former Biden National Security Council official Tarun Chhabra now leads its national security policy, while former White House economic aide Elizabeth Kelly serves as head of beneficial deployments.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficial
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In the east, crews continued to build line between Wiseman Springs and Rancheria Creek, engaging the fire directly along its active edge where favorable.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Environmental conditions are favorable for development of this system, currently labeled as Invest 91L, and a tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend or early next week as the system moves slowly westward across the central tropical Atlantic.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Tennessean's Student of the Week is all about helpful upperclassmen this week.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
8 Sep. 2025
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Granovetter found that a person’s casual or loose connections (weak ties) are more helpful than their strong ties.—
Carmine Gallo,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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All of the cats who tested this litter adjusted to it quickly and easily — some even had a little play date in their box, kicking and scratching, which is a good sign!—
Kayla Blanton,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Leisure’s best new hotels of 2021, Wander the Resort offers 10 luxurious glass-and-timber cabins along the quiet northern shores of West Lake.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Hutson, owner of Rise Academy located north of Dallas in Allen, said 3- and 4-year-old students are the most profitable in terms of the revenue source from their tuition.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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Adopt zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and multiparty computation (MPC) to validate identity attributes without exposing the raw data, making synthetic identity theft less profitable.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Beneficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficial. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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