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as in useful
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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as in beneficial
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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Recent Examples of helpful
Additionally, WatchOS 26 introduces helpful new features, including a convenient wrist-flick gesture and timely suggestions.
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Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
But yeah, just being out in the world, interacting with the real world, just sitting at a café and watching people and reading alone — just being a participant in real life — has been really helpful.
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Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
26 June 2026
One girl suggests that this isn’t the right place for that kind of thing — that Emily should talk to a professional, as if that might be a helpful piece of advice.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 June 2026
The lack of opposition for Hunschofsky is helpful for Democrats.
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Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
But yeah, just being out in the world, interacting with the real world, just sitting at a café and watching people and reading alone — just being a participant in real life — has been really helpful.
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Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
26 June 2026
One girl suggests that this isn’t the right place for that kind of thing — that Emily should talk to a professional, as if that might be a helpful piece of advice.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 June 2026
The lack of opposition for Hunschofsky is helpful for Democrats.
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Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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The resulting material delivers an energy content comparable to anthracite coal, offering a potential pathway for turning difficult waste streams into useful resources.
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Our expert take The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is a low-fee card with generous cash-back rewards and useful ongoing benefits, such as a monthly Disney Bundle credit.
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Australia and Paraguay completed the first 45 minutes of what could be a mutually beneficial draw.
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For decades, Californians have generally said immigrants, who make up more than a quarter of the state’s population and a third of its labor force, are beneficial to the state and its economy.
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Control Process has won consecutive international arbitration proceedings, including favorable rulings from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris.
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Purvis said the cost of Impossible products has increased over time despite his efforts to work closely with suppliers and provide forecasts to help secure favorable pricing.
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Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson just stopped Haiti's best opportunity to score all night, on a corner kick that found the head of Haiti's Ade and deflected backward on an angle directly into the goal.
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The Marlins improve to 38-38 and are an MLB-best 12-4 in June.
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The band had been denied the opportunity to perform during Haiti’s pre-World Cup friendly against Peru, despite the presence of a Peruvian band.
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Founded in 2008, FunnyFlux is a Korean animation studio creating family-friendly IP for global audiences.
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpful. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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