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 After both major conflicts, there were thousands of people who knew how to ride a motorcycle, which benefited Harley-Davidson during peacetime. —

Ricardo Torres, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Conversely, people who were relatively inactive also benefited from adding just a little bit of higher-intensity exercise to their daily routines. —

Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026 Saturday’s Game 1 will reveal who most benefitted from the week off between the regular season to now and is near the peak of its powers at the most important time of the season. —

Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026 The rest of the league, which has greatly benefited from five years of Sparks’ bad basketball decisions, will be waiting. —

Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026 Both men have repeatedly spoken about peptides and claimed to have benefited from their use. —

CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 Darzalex's revenue growth in recent years has benefited from moving into earlier lines of treatment and the launch of an easier way to administer the medicine to patients. —

Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026 Clear has benefitted from the longer wait times at airports, with travelers flocking to the service that lets users bypass traditional screening checks. —

Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026 While that’s boosted songs across Bieber’s discography, his Coachella set — which featured his two Swag records alongside old favorites — appears to have really benefited his back catalog. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026

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Gabbard says new protections added since her time in Congress helped change her mind.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Murrieta Fire & Rescue crews were aided by Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department during the firefight, and Murrieta Police Department officers helped limit traffic in the area so firefighting apparatus could be easily utilized, the release said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026