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
Jimenez’s ability to link the play is also beneficial when Fulham are trying to break down a defensive block with quick passing combinations.
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Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Consuming complete proteins can be especially beneficial for muscle growth, recovery, and overall bodily function.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2026
The master’s degree would be beneficial for either career path.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Working during college can be beneficial.
—Liam McCusker, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficial
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The main threat will be in the morning into the afternoon hours where conditions will be more favorable for severe development.—
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This matchup, then, could be favorable for the Birds.—
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Comfy, cozy quilts are equally helpful for both hot and cold sleepers.—
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DeZao says one of AI’s most helpful features is its ability to receive instructions and do its work while the human employee can remain focused on the task at hand.—
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In the first half, the defensive activity and competitive spirit were far better against the league’s best team, a night after Miami came up woefully short in both of those areas against the league’s worst team.—
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Despite being given three power plays in the first, the B’s were not good at all on the man advantage.—
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The Yahoo Boys promises to be an in-depth work of narrative nonfiction that explores the material conditions that make these scams profitable, and the lives of four such scammers in Lagos, Nigeria.—
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But the Fed seems to view its job as ensuring that banks are profitable, even if that comes at the expense of people living in precarity.—
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“Beneficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficial. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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