benefited

variants also benefitted
past tense of benefit
as in helped
to provide with something useful or desirable his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience

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Recent Examples of benefited The Tigers also benefitted from some poor punts from Troy’s Evan Crenshaw. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026 Browne has benefited from the addition of two premier slot receivers in Florida Atlantic transfer Asaad Waseem and Iowa State transfer Xavier Townsend. Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 All three benefited from buzz around the country’s 250th birthday, with Denver’s also getting an assist from the World Cup. Gary Trust, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026 These communities have both benefited from the influx of people and struggled to integrate their new arrivals. CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The vote was largely along party lines, with Democrats voicing their concerns that public officials have benefited from their crypto ventures. Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 The defense would have benefitted from calling a specialist in postpartum mood disorders to explain how easily psychotic symptoms can be missed in high-functioning new mothers. Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Of course, the publicity benefited the show more than Meghan, if anything. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2026 That the Wrexham pair quickly got on with their jobs after such a frank exchange of views said everything about the character of a squad that has now benefited from more than £70m investment since winning promotion from League One last year. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Allison’s experience also helped change the couple’s perspective of what recovery actually looked like.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Lionel Messi’s exit from Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo’s looming farewell signal the end of an era that helped fuel the sport’s global boom.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • The ‘Noles were aided by three penalties on Mainland, two of the 15-yard variety, to get the ball to the 6-yard line.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But clear weather and relatively light winds aided air tankers, which dropped water on hot spots throughout Thursday, while hand crews and bulldozers strengthened fire lines around the fire.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Benefited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefited. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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