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providing service or assistance
- a website that I've always found to be helpful for finding information on common medical problems
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promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
- the teachers felt that it would be helpful to have more than one thesaurus in the classroom
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpful. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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