benefit
Usage
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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.
Example Sentences
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Rather than saving all their workouts for the weekend, people may benefit from making movement a regular part of their daily routines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The proposals are expected to have a net positive impact on free cash flow with full run-rate benefit from 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
And now, it is in his interest to work with the venerable party and benefit from its campaign machine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
When discussing JPM, Stucky said: “They are not managing to be the most efficient, but they have been outgrowing the industry by directing capital to where it will benefit the most in the longer run.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
The theory is, when black individuals achieve power for themselves, black people as a group benefit, as does society as a whole.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
It doesn’t work like that,” says Mick Blakeley, head of operational development at Citizens Advice Liverpool, a charity that offers advice on issues like claiming benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Players who are professional but don't see or feel themselves as professional are not receiving the full benefits of being an employee," Culvin said.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Those benefits should be weighed alongside the value of the unpaid care she is providing and the career opportunities she says she has sacrificed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Soon, she was receiving about £700, or $1,000, a month in disability benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
By not repeating them, he will be able to make men feel secure and win them over with the benefits he bestows upon them.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
While Micron has benefited from the memory supply crunch by being able to raise prices for components, Sankar noted that pricing could start to decline in the third quarter of 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Several African and Caribbean countries have called for a formal apology and reparations from countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But only 35 percent considered it benefited Venezuela, compared to 28 percent who said it harmed the Caribbean country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Stabilizing Treasurys also benefited from their safe-haven status amid stress in European bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The adventure of the night does not seem to have harmed her; on the contrary, it has benefited her, for she looks better this morning than she has done for weeks.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Halloween's growing popularity is also benefiting supermarkets and retailers selling sweets, decorations and party supplies.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
It also projected that its larger package of restaurant improvements could generate approximately $100,000 in annual gross cash-flow benefits for an average U.S. restaurant, with most of those gains eventually benefiting the bottom line.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
They are benefiting from the “crack spread,” as the gap between the price of crude and the price of fuels widens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Refineries unaffected by the conflict are thus benefiting from the tightening global supply of such products.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“What I don’t understand is how anybody can say that Obama is benefiting because he’s a black man,” Paula said.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In speeches at the event Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, and Corey O’Connor, Pittsburgh’s mayor, both spoke of the ways developments from CMU have historically benefitted the city and state.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Bitcoin has, along with gold and silver, also benefitted from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Along with other industrial firms such as France's Schneider Electric and Switzerland's ABB, Siemens has benefitted from demand for data centres that provide the computing power for AI.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He said teams had benefitted from low wind and light rain earlier on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The argument went that we benefitted from compulsory education, as it provides a livelihood for formerly enslaved, who couldn’t find gainful employment after the war.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Given the current economic backdrop, the office recommends quality companies and industries benefitting from the current artificial-intelligence cycle.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
As Alonso's rivals went into the pits, the Spaniard, benefitting from the reduced gaps caused by the safety car, moved up the field and went on to win the race.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, groups such as his are benefitting from the government brain drain.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 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
He ever kept himself abreast of the science of the day, and devoted his abilities and energies, con amore, to the benefitting of men’s souls as well as their bodies.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
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