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Recent Examples of helpful Putting it in some good spots too which is helpful. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025 The alarm is helpful for acute pain. Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025 Some furniture polishes may be helpful to use as a double-acting cleaner and polisher that removes grime and perfects the finish of your cabinets to give them a like-new feel after cleaning. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025 In my experience, it’s been helpful for players. Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for helpful
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Adjective
  • For some patients, other tools—like a coronary calcium scan, which can directly show whether there’s silent plaque in the arteries—may be more useful.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • One of the most useful skills in a leader’s tool belt is the ability to recognize potential disagreement and surface concerns.
    Lindsay Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Much of the discrepancy here is likely tied more to sleep than to something inherently beneficial about getting up at the crack of dawn.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That’s what enables The Foundation Drops to be so beneficial to the skin.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the east, crews continued to build line between Wiseman Springs and Rancheria Creek, engaging the fire directly along its active edge where favorable.
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  • Environmental conditions are favorable for development of this system, currently labeled as Invest 91L, and a tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend or early next week as the system moves slowly westward across the central tropical Atlantic.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • All of the cats who tested this litter adjusted to it quickly and easily — some even had a little play date in their box, kicking and scratching, which is a good sign!
    Kayla Blanton, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Leisure’s best new hotels of 2021, Wander the Resort offers 10 luxurious glass-and-timber cabins along the quiet northern shores of West Lake.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • From art and music at the museum to Oktoberfest beers and block parties, the calendar is stacked with events that range from family-friendly to nightlife-ready.
    Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The bootcut bottoms come in a petite-friendly 27-inch inseam, which, according to the product’s description, fits those 5-foot-3 and under.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpful. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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