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as in assists
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment
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as in relieves
to make more bearable or less severe
the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit
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as in prevents
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
they couldn't help the way things turned out
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as in benefits
to provide with something useful or desirable
being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist
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as in improves
to make better
some minor revisions would help this essay immensely
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Recent Examples of helps
Every additional dataset helps the robot improve its ability to manipulate objects like a human hand.
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Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
25 June 2026
Detecting those compounds helps scientists determine whether the ingredients and conditions necessary for life ever existed beyond our planet.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 June 2026
The cord is surrounded by muscle that helps the testicle move.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
With wide sleeves and loose-fitting trousers, the knotted center helps create an hourglass silhouette along your midline.
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Ariel Bielsky,
InStyle,
24 June 2026
Water helps support nearly all of your body weight, which decreases stress on your spine, knees, and hips.
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Carley Millhone,
Health,
24 June 2026
Magnesium helps your muscles and nerves calm down, and can also play a role in the development of melatonin.
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Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
24 June 2026
And, in the same month, Meta unveiled an AI business agent that helps companies manage customer interactions and sales across its messaging and social apps.
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Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The price of one ticket helps feed a family of four, according to Landeros.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
25 June 2026
Detecting those compounds helps scientists determine whether the ingredients and conditions necessary for life ever existed beyond our planet.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 June 2026
The cord is surrounded by muscle that helps the testicle move.
—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
With wide sleeves and loose-fitting trousers, the knotted center helps create an hourglass silhouette along your midline.
—
Ariel Bielsky,
InStyle,
24 June 2026
Water helps support nearly all of your body weight, which decreases stress on your spine, knees, and hips.
—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
24 June 2026
Magnesium helps your muscles and nerves calm down, and can also play a role in the development of melatonin.
—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
24 June 2026
And, in the same month, Meta unveiled an AI business agent that helps companies manage customer interactions and sales across its messaging and social apps.
—
Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The price of one ticket helps feed a family of four, according to Landeros.
—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helps
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Scott Ford is the deputy director of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, a nonprofit that assists the region’s businesses.
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Edward assists at Twins I and II, with the night watchman assisting at Giggle Box and Wiggle Inn.
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In a doublet, the first earthquake relieves stress on one fault while increasing it on a nearby fault.
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Every $10 donated to Undue Medical Debt relieves an average of $1,000 in medical debt.
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Olah focuses on hair accessories also crafted from silk, which is not only beautiful but also prevents breakage and other hair damage due to the soft nature of the fabric.
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The court also ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1960 prevents the federal government from demanding that states provide it with an unredacted statewide registration list.
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The environment around Faugères, which benefits from the dry north wind off the Massif Central, certainly permits organic farming.
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That status benefits both Google’s internal AI efforts and helps win outside customers — a lucrative one-two punch that figures into Jim Cramer’s admiration for the stock.
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The hit rate improves dramatically.
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The show, which improves after intermission, does have a fabulous closer — greatest-hits worthy — that is composed simply of two guys (musical director John Love and the consistently excellent Lilly) singing in falsetto.
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Though a bill that trucking lobbyists will love, at some point legislators need to ask if what aids the trucking industry is good for drivers, and for that matter the trucking industry itself.
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There’s also the benefit of helping the body remove waste, which aids in healthy digestion.
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And without significant sanctions relief that alleviates the suffering of ordinary Iranians and sets the country on a clear path to economic recovery, difficult questions could again arise about the regime’s longstanding policy of defiance against the US.
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Seasoned party-planners say that striving to create meaningful interactions instead of for perfection alleviates some of the stress of hosting.
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For now and unless Williams changes his mind again, the move averts a potential historic litigation where Washington planned to sue Williams over his plan to switch schools.
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The Corps project averts potential catastrophic flooding that could lay siege to about 475,000 residents, California and the nation, according to the government’s court documents.
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