as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profited
However, for the Rapa Nui, pharmaceutical companies that have directly profited from rapamycin have not yet made such an acknowledgment.
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Ted Powers, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Displays at the site describe how George Washington owned human beings, profited off their unpaid labor and, when one of them made a break for freedom, tried for years to recapture them.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Moore of course personally profited by charging fees to implement this deal.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Billionaire investor Jim Chanos, who predicted and profited from the collapse of Enron, warned financial fraud is already on the rise as a result of the AI boom.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Puerto Rico served as an entry point to the Americas for Spanish colonizers, who, as early as the 16th century, profited off sugarcane and tobacco grown there.
—Rebecca L. Rhoades, Saveur, 20 Aug. 2025
As hospital employees faced empty promises and deteriorating conditions, investors profited.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Frank Vaisvilas explains how all this connects back to the Morrill Act, which established land-grant universities like Cornell and the University of Wisconsin that profited from lands taken from Indigenous nations.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’ve been so many people who've profited off drag queens, but don’t do drag.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Ted Powers, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Displays at the site describe how George Washington owned human beings, profited off their unpaid labor and, when one of them made a break for freedom, tried for years to recapture them.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Moore of course personally profited by charging fees to implement this deal.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Billionaire investor Jim Chanos, who predicted and profited from the collapse of Enron, warned financial fraud is already on the rise as a result of the AI boom.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Puerto Rico served as an entry point to the Americas for Spanish colonizers, who, as early as the 16th century, profited off sugarcane and tobacco grown there.
—Rebecca L. Rhoades, Saveur, 20 Aug. 2025
As hospital employees faced empty promises and deteriorating conditions, investors profited.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Frank Vaisvilas explains how all this connects back to the Morrill Act, which established land-grant universities like Cornell and the University of Wisconsin that profited from lands taken from Indigenous nations.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’ve been so many people who've profited off drag queens, but don’t do drag.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profited
benefited
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But not everyone has benefited from these strides equally.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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This lower value for their currency meant that German exports were relatively cheaper for Chinese consumers (although many other European nations also use the euro, and none of them seem to have benefited as much from trade with China).—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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