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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
Bovine colostrum also contains the same helpful nutrients as cow’s milk—and more, Cara Harbstreet, MS, RD, of Street Smart Nutrition, tells SELF.
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Audrey Bruno, SELF, 7 Nov. 2025
As for Piñeiro, his prowess as a field goal kicker can even be helpful to coverage teams.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Waymo plans to lean on public infrastructure when helpful and relevant, though a company spokesman noted that Waymo may need more than what Detroit currently offers in order to effectively operate its all-electric fleet.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The next day, Connor was just as helpful.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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Audrey Bruno, SELF, 7 Nov. 2025
As for Piñeiro, his prowess as a field goal kicker can even be helpful to coverage teams.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Waymo plans to lean on public infrastructure when helpful and relevant, though a company spokesman noted that Waymo may need more than what Detroit currently offers in order to effectively operate its all-electric fleet.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The next day, Connor was just as helpful.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpful
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Many event producers often receive severe verbal abuse on social media when elements of an event go wrong, an experience Wendel says was not necessarily pleasant, but ultimately useful.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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Apollo’s entry is useful for the massive €800m ‘Sports City’ currently being built on land the club owns surrounding the Metropolitano, including a new training ground for Diego Simeone’s first team, and public facilities for golf, padel and skating, and Europe’s largest inland surfing centre.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Industry pushback and innovation concerns Some tech companies argue that such regulation could stifle innovation, limit beneficial uses of conversational AI (education, mental-health support for older teens) or impose heavy compliance burdens.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, most are weaker and can deliver beneficial precipitation to water supplies, according to NOAA.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The measure’s approval allows Democrats to redraw congressional maps more favorable to their party in the nation’s largest state and keep up with Republicans who have moved to add potential new red House seats in Texas and elsewhere.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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By contrast, the Moon is a much more favorable environment by many metrics.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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However, on his eighth touch, Payne turned a good play into a disaster.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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Arsenal’s second-half performance here was arguably their best of the campaign.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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In response, Delaware last March passed a law to make the state more alluring, to which Texas quickly counter-punched with an even friendlier law.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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The other side of this has been the money in the industry’s pivot first to cheaper talk shows, which don’t innovate enough to merit much critique, and now to a second pivot to turn those interview shows into video series, which makes podcasts more friendly on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpful. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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