benefiting

verb

variants also benefitting
present participle of benefit
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 Ulta Beauty is running a point-of-sale fundraising campaign benefiting BCRF through October, with 100 percent of donations going to the organization. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Annual Winter Concert, benefitting SAVE LGBTQ and Miami Music Project. — Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 The harder question is whether benefiting so greatly from that foundation creates some responsibility to leave it stronger for whoever comes next. — Linda K. Brown Stroh, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 The Salty, an artisanal doughnut chain, is running a weeklong campaign benefiting the Breasties, a nonprofit that helps many groups of people affected by breast cancer. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Besides benefitting the monarchs, the patches of pink are easy on the eyes of northbound motorists. — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Bottom line Energy Transfer gives me both income and growth in a sector benefiting from powerful tailwinds. — Timothy Seymour, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 On Wall Street, stocks benefiting from the boom around artificial-intelligence technology helped lead the way. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Cost is an issue that may prevent more teens from benefiting from the game. — Melissa May, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benefiting
  1. helping
  2. profiting
  3. availing
  4. aiding
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  • Officials were helping more than 50 people in temporary shelters, del Pilar said.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • El Niño and warming ocean waters are helping fuel the activity, while an exceptionally strong El Niño could bring more coastal erosion, flooding and damage this winter — especially during high tides.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of helping
Verb
  • These platforms are colonizing existing speculative spaces—like election results and sporting outcomes—while profiting from areas of asymmetrical knowledge that were previously not possible to monetize.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy.
    — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of profiting
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  • The No campaign is arguing that language that opens the door to data center developers availing themselves of the streamlined CEQA system.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Too many developers right now are taking the position that their primary obligation is to pay for connecting their projects to the existing grid and then availing themselves of existing power supplies.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Definition of availing
Verb
  • In particular, both Russia and Iran have repeatedly flagged Starlink as a major threat since it's been aiding Ukraine and helping local Iranians bypass internet censorship.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond aiding timber production, repealing the national rule could expand access for mining and other extractive operations, opponents say.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of aiding

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“Benefiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefiting. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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