benefited

VERB

help, enhance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance aid assist contribute to favor further improve pay pay off promote serve

STRONG

advantage ameliorate avail better build profit relieve succor

WEAK

be good for do for one do the trick fill the bill make a killing make it work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block decrease halt hinder hurt impede injure obstruct stop thwart

STRONG

worsen

WEAK

harm

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benefited

In the same way that regional brands like Shake Shack and In-N-Out have maintained cult followings for their novelty, Cane’s has no doubt benefited from the same kind of rarefied air.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Gold benefited from the ensuing weakness in the U.S. dollar, with the yellow metal breaking above its 200-day moving average, Truist Wealth CIO Keith Lerner told MarketWatch in an interview Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

The earlier “Insidious” films benefited from the magnetism of Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, who played the concerned parents of a young boy who fell into the Further’s clutches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Container shipping companies posted strong second-quarter results, as they benefited from the high rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But how had the world benefited from his living?

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen