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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Both SK Hynix and Micron could benefit from the goings-on at other companies, however.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Texas Instruments says it didn’t benefit from rising prices, though it may increase prices in the second half of the year.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Clayton said earlier this year that he expected to bring enforcement actions over trades that appeared to benefit from inside information.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
“I liked the idea of being able to use technology to create advancements that benefit humanity,” he explained.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
As usual, he found her in the windowed room at the back, conducting experiments for the advancement of knowledge toward the benefit of all.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing benefit
Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 11-20
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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