benefiting

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 Expedia Group’s opportunity is to power those experiences while benefiting from the scale and expertise of its consumer brands. Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Nobody has come close to benefiting more with a move to LIV than Niemann. Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Boomers are also sitting on immense wealth after benefiting from a historic era of economic growth and financial gains. Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026 America’s tech companies are benefiting from the largest investment surge in history, according to the Bank of International Settlements — many of them headquartered on the West Coast. Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Though the gift is not exclusively benefitting South Florida students, Miami Dade College is the top community college served by the Last Mile Education Fund, with 419 students having received awards from the fund. Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Tickets are $10, with proceeds benefiting cancer care and research at Baptist Health Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 Beat-and-raise quarter The company also hiked its full-year profit and cash flow guidance after strong earnings for the first half of the year, benefiting from robust demand across its civil aerospace, defense and power systems businesses. Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 30 July 2026 The soluble fiber in lima beans also helps slow sugar absorption and reduce cholesterol levels, benefiting both heart and gut health. Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benefiting
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  • By using institutional credit, insurance funds and private capital to underwrite GPUs and data centers, Nvidia is helping its end users secure financing without tapping their own balance sheets.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Some experts say the engagement with Moscow is helping improve North Korea’s military capabilities, and Zelenskyy warned that the battlefield experience would help Pyongyang menace other countries in its region.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • The lawmakers argue profiting off the suffering of others is wrong, while also raising concerns that wildfire betting could create a dangerous financial incentive.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Trump is profiting from selling preferential access to government information, the lawsuit said.
    Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • 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
  • Smaller children from a nearby elementary school were availing themselves of climbers, slides, and beams.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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  • The man was charged Monday with aiding an enemy state and violating the Military Base and Installations Protection Act.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • All three were arrested on charges of aiding escape and other offenses relating to a correctional facility, along with unlawful operation of an unmanned aerial device.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Benefiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefiting. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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