BENEFITED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

benefited

verb

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 Since this revision greatly benefited record companies, the RIAA defended the change. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 May 2026 According to her, rainier conditions in the past couple years have benefitted the salmon hatcheries by keeping flows high and water temperatures low. —

Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026 In the past, the company has benefited from an uncertain economic outlook, as consumers are more likely to fix up their current vehicles rather than rushing off to buy new ones — especially as financing costs rise. —

Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 May 2026 Stanford, a first-time candidate, benefited from the backing of 314 Action, a PAC dedicated to electing scientists and doctors to Congress. —

Julia Terruso, Time, 20 May 2026 And SpaceX has benefited from numerous valuable government contracts with agencies such as NASA and the Defense Department to provide rocket launching services and communications systems. —

David Ingram, NBC news, 20 May 2026 The Police material especially benefited. —

Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026 By upending decades-old international trade norms and security alliances – not to mention launching a war with Iran that seems to have benefited almost no one – Trump is seen by many to have helped China score not only strategically but even morally. —

Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 The new lawsuit lays out the ways the college could have benefited from selling the land in a commercial deal instead. —

Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026

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Staud, which helped catapult the beaded bag trend to cult status with its colorful, tongue-in-cheek shoulder bags — think tropical motifs, sardines, and even hot dogs — is extending its signature whimsy into swimwear.

— Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
And their descendants, which often go on to lose those extra chromosome copies, retain evidence in their DNA of the ancient duplication event that helped their lineage survive.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026