benefit
Usage
What are other ways to say benefit?
Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.
Example Sentences
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Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng delivered a speech at Davos this week denouncing “rising unilateralism and protectionism” while portraying China as a benefit to the world.
A spokesperson for Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said he is “committed to working on a solution that benefits the entire basin, while protecting Wyoming’s interests.”
From Los Angeles Times
Other analysts, meanwhile, say that while the Dodgers are benefiting from shrewd management, the growing sense of a financial imbalance within baseball needs to be addressed.
From Barron's
Utilities have benefited in the past two years from growing power demand from data centers and other users.
From Barron's
Utilities have benefited in the past two years from growing power demand from data centers and other users.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
