BENEFITED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

benefited

verb

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 By upending decades-old international trade norms and security alliances – not to mention launching a war with Iran that seems to have benefited almost no one – Trump is seen by many to have helped China score not only strategically but even morally. —

Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 The new lawsuit lays out the ways the college could have benefited from selling the land in a commercial deal instead. —

Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026 Cignetti has benefited from Indiana devoting more resources and spending on football than ever before, both from an infrastructure and roster perspective, and by using the transfer portal, where the Hoosiers were able to add several standouts. —

Antonio Morales, New York Times, 12 May 2026 Stinson herself benefited from one of them — a new drug called daraxonrasib, a medicine that works by targeting and killing cancer cells that have a common mutation. —

Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 12 May 2026 At the same time, the labor market has benefited from a low-hire, low-fire environment that has kept unemployment in check even as payrolls growth has been inconsistent. —

Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 May 2026 The ruling has benefitted Democrats and Republicans. —

ABC News, 12 May 2026 Higher-income households cut back more on their gas consumption four years ago than in March, while poorer households likely benefited more from government stimulus programs in 2022. —

Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 The three-casino complex served as a less expensive, less flashy, slightly more kitschy alternative to Las Vegas that benefited from being a good 45 minutes closer to Los Angeles than Sin City. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

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While unveiling the project onstage, executive producer and showrunner Meredith Averill teased that the series will fully embrace the emotional intensity and fandom obsession that helped turn Fourth Wing into a global phenomenon.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
The midfield pairing of Reece James and Enzo Fernandez helped with on-pitch organisation.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 May 2026