benefited

variants also benefitted
past tense of benefit
as in helped
to provide with something useful or desirable his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience

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Recent Examples of benefited The comedian Jamie Loftus’s previous podcasts have ranged wildly in subject matter—Mensa meetings, Floridian spiritualists, the comic-strip character Cathy—but benefited equally from her attention to detail. Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024 Musk, worth some $435 billion as of Monday afternoon, has benefitted from a more than 70% expansion in Tesla’s share price since the November 5 presidential election. Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024 No one has benefited more since Thomas Brown took over offensive play calling than Keenan Allen. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2024 Contrary to popular opinion, the Biden economy benefitted a wider swath of Americans. Matthew A. Winkler Bloomberg Opinion (tns), arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024 However, the sector has materially underperformed the broad market index, which benefited from the explosive growth in the technology sector. Michael Khouw, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024 Businesses that employ low-skilled workers have benefited from the surge of immigration that came in the last few years, but now must re-think their business plans. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Spotify benefitted from the emergence of smartphones and cheap data plans. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 Arizona has largely benefitted from the CHIPS Act, which President Joe Biden enacted in 2022 to revive the nation's role in making microchips that power cellphones, computers, appliances, medical devices and much more. Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024

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“Benefited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefited. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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