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
Leave some or all native perennial plants intact over winter as habitat for beneficial insects and songbirds.
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
Whether or not the directive is beneficial to public safety depends on exactly where the enforcement lines are drawn, McAuliffe added.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But some trade experts and economists say the possible end of the 25-year-old African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) could allow African countries to seek potentially beneficial deals with other partners, or boost trade with each other.
—CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Either way would be beneficial to Klingberg and the Sharks.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
Whether or not the directive is beneficial to public safety depends on exactly where the enforcement lines are drawn, McAuliffe added.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But some trade experts and economists say the possible end of the 25-year-old African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) could allow African countries to seek potentially beneficial deals with other partners, or boost trade with each other.
—CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Either way would be beneficial to Klingberg and the Sharks.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficial
Adjective
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So what makes for a favorable location?—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Friday.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Flushing the eye with a sterile saline solution, making sure to get under your eyelids, can be helpful.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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While many of the messages were thoughtful and genuinely helpful, some ended up adding to the stress of an already uncertain situation.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jodie Chavious, a board member of the Slow Food Sacramento chapter and owner of the Chavious Pop-Up pizza truck, said representing small farmers was vital to promoting the core tenets of Slow Food — being good, clean and fair.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Just for good measure, award-winning country superstars like Cody Johnson, Ashley McBryde and Lainey Wilson would be inclined to agree.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The lemonade stand and bake sale became very profitable and would turn into a giant play date in their front yard every June.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Marimekko has seen profitable growth even through the pandemic.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Beneficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficial. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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