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 Explore See latest videos, charts and news Gillies announced the project on social media alongside an auction benefiting Support Act, the Australian charity that provides crisis relief and mental health support to musicians and crew. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026 More generally, the focus is on volume growth across Linde's end markets, especially electronics, which grew 18% last quarter, benefiting from the data center buildout. — Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026 Democrats have targeted Paxton, who is benefiting from millions in outside spending, over corruption claims and his impeachment by the Texas Legislature, though he was later acquitted. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 Cozier rooms sleep between two and four guests and are found in the main house, benefitting from easy access to the hotel’s amenities, including the pool, restaurants, and bar. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 An individualized exercise and diet program can improve their chances of survival while on the waiting list, a study published Wednesday in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found, with the frailest patients often benefiting the most. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026 Rev the Runway is a premier charity fashion and luxury car event benefitting National Jewish Health. — Libby Smith, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Lupi said the Fay Archive project is also benefiting from the popularity of workwear and utilitarian fashion as staples of the urban and fashion-savvy wardrobe. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 Democrats are also benefiting from the fact that there’s more enthusiasm from their supporters. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benefiting
  1. helping
  2. profiting
  3. availing
  4. aiding
Verb
  • He is widely credited with liberalizing Israel’s economy and helping transform the country into a global high-tech hub.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Maria would spend years debating the ideas of early economics with Malthus, his friends, and eventually his successor, helping to influence their thinking and inform their research.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of helping
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  • Basis trades are an arbitrage bet in which hedge funds are positioned long in cash Treasurys while shorting their corresponding futures contracts, with the aim of profiting from the price gap.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The sentence includes a 20-year mandatory enhancement for profiting off the murder, Judge Carli Kierny told the court.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 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
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  • Along with Williams, at least 14 other people, many of them friends and family of the escapees, were arrested and accused of aiding in the escape, including by providing food, cash, transport and shelter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The historical research aiding the film is conducted in collaboration with Caróu Oliveira, a Black historian dedicated to the study of slavery and the daily lives of Black women in the 19th century.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of aiding

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