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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Glasswing, Anthropic said, will share its learnings for the benefit of the whole industry.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
The tax benefit, in other words, doesn’t explain the outperformance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
It is expected to provide a $300 million benefit in the current quarter.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
"It's been incredibly frustrating because we know those thousand training places wouldn't only benefit doctors, they would benefit the public," Waterman said.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“To speak truth, St. John, my heart rather warms to the poor little soul. I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
