as in favorable
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
tutoring can often be as beneficial and rewarding for the tutor as for the student receiving the help
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Recent Examples of beneficial
One unanswered question is whether B3 supplements are beneficial for people who have never been diagnosed with skin cancer.
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Allison Aubrey, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
These flowers look nice, but don’t feed bees, butterflies or other beneficial insects.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Getting adequate sleep, exercising and eating healthy foods can all be beneficial.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Working with a staffing agency can be incredibly beneficial.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Allison Aubrey, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
These flowers look nice, but don’t feed bees, butterflies or other beneficial insects.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Getting adequate sleep, exercising and eating healthy foods can all be beneficial.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Working with a staffing agency can be incredibly beneficial.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficial
Adjective
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From the other side, wind has been shown to be less favorable than solar, and both of these renewables have the intermittency problem.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The technical case for small caps looks favorable as well.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These offer a helpful guide to behaviors with positive effects.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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This can be helpful for people who have back and knee pain.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The extra point was good but there was a holding penalty on the Rebels.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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After 10 tumultuous years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kadri delivered his best campaign with the Colorado Avalanche in 2021-22, posting 89 points in the regular season and finishing by hoisting the Stanley Cup.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But that would create a thorny conflict of interest for Denholm and her fellow directors, with Musk seeking — not for the first time — to use Tesla to subsidize one of his less-profitable ventures.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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If an investor is wildly bullish on an asset, anticipates a large, sharp upward price movement in the near term, and seeks substantial capital gains, a buy-write or covered call may be a profitable strategy.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Beneficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficial. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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