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also benefitting
as in helping
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 benefiting
The Festival will also include special events benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
Some analysts think that pressure is benefitting one of America's biggest adversaries.
—Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The event will span two hours of performances with all proceeds benefiting the families of Good and Pretti.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, the Riviera Country Club was home to the one-night culinary experience featuring two dozen Michelin chefs hosted by HexClad in partnership with Riviera Country Club benefiting Steadfast LA and ongoing wildfire recovery efforts.
—Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
What’s becoming harder to ignore is who appears to be benefiting when oversight collapses.
—Jennifer Nassour, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Over the years, Victor has backed Vernon’s political campaigns, while Vernon has championed legislation benefiting Newman Enterprises, an alliance built on loyalty, influence, and mutual gain.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Most notably, those companies are benefiting from a shortage of memory chips , a key component of consumer electronics devices and critical parts of the infrastructure needed to build out data centers.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Once completed, the artworks will be available for guests to bid on site, with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting The Mental Health Coalition, founded by Kenneth Cole.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
Some analysts think that pressure is benefitting one of America's biggest adversaries.
—Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The event will span two hours of performances with all proceeds benefiting the families of Good and Pretti.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, the Riviera Country Club was home to the one-night culinary experience featuring two dozen Michelin chefs hosted by HexClad in partnership with Riviera Country Club benefiting Steadfast LA and ongoing wildfire recovery efforts.
—Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
What’s becoming harder to ignore is who appears to be benefiting when oversight collapses.
—Jennifer Nassour, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Over the years, Victor has backed Vernon’s political campaigns, while Vernon has championed legislation benefiting Newman Enterprises, an alliance built on loyalty, influence, and mutual gain.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Most notably, those companies are benefiting from a shortage of memory chips , a key component of consumer electronics devices and critical parts of the infrastructure needed to build out data centers.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Once completed, the artworks will be available for guests to bid on site, with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting The Mental Health Coalition, founded by Kenneth Cole.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benefiting
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The polysaccharides found in certain species, such as snow mushroom (Tremella fuciformis), work in a similar way to hyaluronic acid by helping the skin attract and maintain moisture while supporting the skin barrier.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Those characterizations outraged his family and Democratic politicians, who pointed to bystander videos showing Pretti helping a woman who had been pushed by an ICE agent and holding only his camera.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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By contrast, Rieder has spent his career as a hands-on, daily participant in the global bond markets, as a trader and asset manager, expert at parsing and profiting from the central bank’s cues.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Who are the individuals who are profiting from the sale of Chicago’s parking meters?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Because those employees are in turn often availing themselves of Medi-Cal, Elhawary said, lawmakers see a logical path to taxing their employers in order to support the healthcare system at large.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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She was also charged with concealing and aiding a fugitive, but that charge was later dropped.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Choose Iowa gives food banks more options A state program bringing together farmers and consumers also has played a role in aiding food banks.—
F. Amanda Tugade,
Des Moines Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Benefiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefiting. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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