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Recent Examples of helpfully
Where quantum computing and machine learning are already being combined most helpfully, Ekert argues, is in physicists’ use of classical AI to design quantum error-correcting codes and better quantum hardware.
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Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The waiter at L’Alcova helpfully suggested some nice wines to pair with dinner.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2026
Josh helpfully told him exactly where to find one.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Some commenters who identified themselves as engineers helpfully offered their insights on the matter.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Legally, as Randi helpfully explains, Deborah can film something as long as it’s not released until the noncompete is over.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Jenna helpfully jumped up and took the platter in both hands — before dropping the cake in its entirety.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
The creator, who used a pseudonym, helpfully carved these guidelines on the stones in eight different languages.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The Apple Health app helpfully shows your sleep breakdown alongside key overnight health stats, such as respiration rate and heart rate.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The waiter at L’Alcova helpfully suggested some nice wines to pair with dinner.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2026
Josh helpfully told him exactly where to find one.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Some commenters who identified themselves as engineers helpfully offered their insights on the matter.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Legally, as Randi helpfully explains, Deborah can film something as long as it’s not released until the noncompete is over.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Jenna helpfully jumped up and took the platter in both hands — before dropping the cake in its entirety.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
The creator, who used a pseudonym, helpfully carved these guidelines on the stones in eight different languages.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The Apple Health app helpfully shows your sleep breakdown alongside key overnight health stats, such as respiration rate and heart rate.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpfully
Adverb
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Adding finely ground eggshells to compost promotes best absorption benefits.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
25 May 2026
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Masa Harina Cornbread This otherwise classic cornbread recipe replaces cornmeal with masa harina, finely ground corn that has been nixtamalized.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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Santa Cruz, a hunk of volcanic rock wedged between the blues of sky and ocean and inhabited by over a thousand scrappy species of creatures and plants, feels magnificently wild.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Gill is a storm of rage, magnificently suppressing George’s base instincts for the sake of decorum.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Although 2010’s unevenly awesome Hellbilly Deluxe 2 was advantageously billed as a follow-up to his debut, The Great Satan actually sounds like a spiritual successor.—
Eli Enis,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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The upshot is that the trend of AI for mental health can be perceived differently, advantageously so, when recast as a matter of AI for mental wealth.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Indeed, back in the 1990s and 2000s, municipalities across the country were happily demolishing Brutalist eyesores made to house the poor.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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And despite the circumstances, the host kept things bright, roping in a cavalcade of celebrities to send things out happily.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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Heard whole, the Barber-Menotti product is as gloriously over the top as anything that Bette Davis ever made with William Wyler—and Heartbeat’s reduction of it to its burning cinders is as just as effective as Glyndebourne’s grandly eloquent take.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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The palace, looming grandly just behind the stage, was lit up with a dynamic video projection, integrating it into the concert — the first time the historic and deeply symbolic structure had ever been used for a pop show.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The couple sweetly held hands at the altar just ahead of their nuptials.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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The handmade empanadas, some stuffed with organic pork and avocados, some sweetly filled with cheese custard, are unlike other finds on the road.—
Heide Brandes,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026
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The service Service in Toronto can be hit or miss, but 1 Hotel’s staff is delightfully solicitous when needed, unobtrusive when not.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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The actor starred in the miniseries The Name of the Rose before pivoting to the delightfully twisted Evil.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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Some are the size of cherries or golf balls, while others are charmingly bulgy and weigh up to three pounds.—
Emily Saladino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 May 2026
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After a run of delightfully strange and charmingly shaggy studio albums (beginning with 1996’s Fuzzy Logic), the Welsh quintet seemed to call it a day.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
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“Helpfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpfully. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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