: of service or assistance : useful
a helpful neighbor
helpful advice
just trying to be helpful
helpfulness
noun
Examples of helpful in a Sentence
A helpful neighbor shoveled our walkway.
a kind and helpful person
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Advertisement In February, according to Kaplan, Amodei decided that keeping the company from training new models while competitors raced ahead would be helpful to nobody.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
These helpful fiber hacks will come in handy too.
—Michele Ross, SELF, 24 Feb. 2026
Being in the room with these other actors was so helpful for performance and to build a sense of momentum so that every word, every line wasn’t uttered in isolation in a vacuum.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for helpful
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helpful. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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