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benefit

[ben-uh-fit] / ˈbɛn ə fɪt /




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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.


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Both Anthropic and OpenAI have publicly stated they can manage the risk and that humanity can benefit from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

People experiencing more complicated gastrointestinal symptoms could also benefit from support from a dietitian or gastroenterologist.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Some analysts had predicted that Oracle’s cloud segment, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, would benefit from an increasingly competitive pricing environment due to high demand for computing power.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Between May 2013 and August 2016, according to the investigation, seven payments totalling £5.6m were made to an unregistered agent "for the benefit of the club in connection with Hazard's transfer".

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

The benefit of this is, according to Edwin Gordon’s approach, to have the child experience the whole piece first, and then learn what the song comprises in detail.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Woodward’s piece highlights the recent phenomenon in which holding bonds no longer offers the diversification benefits it did.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

Ipsen earlier this year said a late-stage clinical trial showed Dysport delivered benefits in the treatment of both episodic and chronic migraine.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Data centers, which require enormous amounts of power, could also see substantial reductions in energy use, potentially leading to significant climate benefits.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

"Nor can it use economic benefits to make the people forget this ugly historical episode," he added.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

What are some of the overall benefits of music?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Roberts added that the regents “have benefited greatly from his wisdom, vision, and leadership. We look forward to working with him in the coming months to ensure a smooth transition for his successor.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The relocations benefited the state’s economy by increasing demand for goods and services and strengthening the tax base.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Gene White, a 28-year-old in Chicago, told MarketWatch his parents benefited from “economic serendipity.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Mayors' new powers to introduce such a levy would mean local people benefited "even more" from tourism to their area, they said.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

I looked through probate records to see who would have benefited from his death.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

They returned to work in high numbers after the pandemic, benefiting from a climate in which businesses were offering better benefits, more flexibility and higher pay, which allowed them to move into good jobs.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

Buendia's strike and Jackson's first Villa goal - benefiting from Yann Sommer's rush of blood - had them cruising.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

But the Colorado ranchers insist that with their land-management practices, they are benefiting the ecosystem, nourishing the soil and capturing carbon in their grazing lands.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Life is getting a bit easier for investors trying to gauge how Microsoft’s business is benefiting from artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

They were benefiting from people who were running for their lives.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Meanwhile, Hosseini noted that logic chips, such as central processing units, have also benefitted from rising average prices, though “recent trends suggest a period of stabilization.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Bitcoin has, along with gold and silver, also benefitted from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

She noted that Europe had long benefitted from "three pillars" -- a rules-based global order underpinned by US security guarantees, cheap energy and expanding global trade.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Meanwhile the Myanmar military has benefitted from training and new equipment from Russia and China.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Although slavery is mostly associated with the American South, the entire country, as it grew, benefitted from the enslavement of people, primarily Africans and African Americans.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Tesla shares may also be benefitting from the company’s recent disclosure that it would provide details next month about the European launch of its electric Semi truck.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Chacin said the expanded police presence could help stem violence, but that tackling organized crime required, above all, following the money -- investigating how the proceeds are laundered and who is benefitting most.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Meanwhile Chinese brands have been moving aggressively onto international markets, introducing new technologies while benefitting from lower production costs than European rivals.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Vance is still benefitting from “Hillbilly Elegy” as well.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

Mark continued taciturn as ever, though his enormous mustachios seemed to grow constantly, as if benefitting by the energy that should have gone into speech.

From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Louis Zangwill




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