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helped

verb

past tense of help

as in aided

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment

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as in relieved

to make more bearable or less severe the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit

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as in prevented

to keep from happening by taking action in advance they couldn't help the way things turned out

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as in benefited

to provide with something useful or desirable being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist

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as in improved

to make better some minor revisions would help this essay immensely

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Recent Examples of helped The up-tempo, run-and-gun offense made the team Hollywood stars, helped furnish The Forum with five championship banners and pushed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the top of the all-time scoring list. —

Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 June 2026 Within two years, however, Brind’Amour had helped lead them to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final. —

James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 June 2026 Jones explained that Alexander Skarsgaard’s central performance as the titular murderbot helped her during the composing process to shape what would become the final score. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 June 2026 Dare, a District 4-6A First Team and the only class of 2027 athlete to earn a Star-Telegram All-Area First Team selection as an offensive lineman, helped power the Dragons to a Class 6A Division II state semifinal appearance with 76 knockdowns and a 93% grade. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026 Mississippi made national headlines while its music helped shape the era — as both blues and the roots of rock and roll. —

Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026 While demand remains weak, rising commodity costs from disruption to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz have helped to alleviate deflationary pressures that have plagued Chinese economy for years. —

Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 June 2026

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But Zohn’s story as a true survivor was only getting started, as he was diagnosed twice with CD20+ Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, requiring two stem cell transplants and requiring two long, slow recovery periods — recovery periods the reality star says were greatly aided by the use of medicinal cannabis.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
The first three batters reached, aided by a Rockies throwing error, to load the bases with nobody out.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026