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as in aids
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
Plus, the high-quality protein in lean chicken helps to repair tissue and muscle.
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Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Dog day care provides a safe environment that helps establish a consistent routine.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Jeff Elgin, founder of FranChoice, a network that helps match people with franchise-owning opportunities.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
This helps reduce tilt and lowers the risk of operational shutdowns.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Their software doesn't operate reactors themselves, but helps perform crucial business tasks that come with running a nuclear facility.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
This helps sync certain settings automatically.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Matching the punch size, angle, and depth to the texture helps protect grafts and supports a high survival rate.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The bowl diffuser features aluminum plates that heat up to expedite dry time, and the comb attachment helps detangle without flattening out ringlets.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Dog day care provides a safe environment that helps establish a consistent routine.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Jeff Elgin, founder of FranChoice, a network that helps match people with franchise-owning opportunities.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
This helps reduce tilt and lowers the risk of operational shutdowns.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Their software doesn't operate reactors themselves, but helps perform crucial business tasks that come with running a nuclear facility.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
This helps sync certain settings automatically.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Matching the punch size, angle, and depth to the texture helps protect grafts and supports a high survival rate.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The bowl diffuser features aluminum plates that heat up to expedite dry time, and the comb attachment helps detangle without flattening out ringlets.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helps
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Major League Soccer is promoting Charles Altchek, considered by many to be a potential future commissioner, to oversee the group that aids clubs in their business efforts.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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For a 12th year, nine cities on the tour will partner with the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, a non-profit organization that aids pediatric patients through entertainment and/or educational initiatives.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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This deep tissue massage relieves tension in my head, neck, and shoulders without any effort.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
27 Sep. 2025
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This mechanism decreases the effect of prostaglandins and relieves pain and inflammation.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
23 Sep. 2025
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This prevents the formation of large turbulent swirls that can destabilize a conventional canopy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Leaving this out of the story of tenure prevents scholars from effectively withstanding attacks that seek to remake how academic labor is performed today.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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The film benefits from its avoidance of a too-tidy, sentimental outcome, even if some in the audience might be left craving one.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The community benefits coalition partnered with the city, the University of Michigan and others to conduct long-term health impact assessments of residents in the project area, pre-bridge construction, during construction and once the bridge is operational.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Survivors may look thin and suffer from lameness until their condition improves.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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Regenerative viticulture is resonating as the agricultural model most suited for the current climate, a model that actively improves soil health and ecosystem resilience.—
Miguel A. Torres,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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An online toolkit for educators that assists them in working with students who have individual education plans.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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What began as an effort to help one man grew into a foundation that assists athletes with physical disabilities around the world compete in 105 different sports, ranging from baseball for the blind to para-Nordic skilling, Babbitt said.—
Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Gaming laptops, especially those with larger screens, tend to be bulky, but the Slim alleviates some of that.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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There are occasional flashbacks to his childhood, as well as moments out-of-time, where Kafka finds himself in the modern-day Czech republic, but none of this alleviates the pacing doldrums of a conventional biopic.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Critics also said that the 11th hour change will further complicate efforts to reach a deal that averts a shutdown.—
Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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The settlement averts what promised to be a high-profile trial.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Helps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helps. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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