as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profited
When Hilton’s private video was shared and profited from without her consent, there were no laws to protect her, only an avalanche of shame that tried to put her into hiding.
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Hannah Shewan Stevens, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
As India ramps up imports of cheap Russian oil for its rapidly-growing economy and population, Nayara has profited handsomely.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Cruz personally profited from the scheme, receiving several hundred thousand dollars into his own bank account.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Only a small number of Congolese have profited from their country’s riches.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Developers who profited from the deals quickly challenged the new rules in a lawsuit.
—Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2026
And the Iranian elite with connections to the state, particularly those linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, profited from sanctions evasion.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Venezuela isn’t solely to blame for America’s drug crisis, but Maduro protected, enabled, and profited from criminal networks trafficking drugs across the Western Hemisphere.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Arguments can be made that NIL has put the final nail in the coffin to eliminate amateurism in college sports, but truthfully, amateurism in college sports died some time ago as the NCAA, institutions and media profited off the athletes.
—Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Hannah Shewan Stevens, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
As India ramps up imports of cheap Russian oil for its rapidly-growing economy and population, Nayara has profited handsomely.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Cruz personally profited from the scheme, receiving several hundred thousand dollars into his own bank account.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Only a small number of Congolese have profited from their country’s riches.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Developers who profited from the deals quickly challenged the new rules in a lawsuit.
—Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2026
And the Iranian elite with connections to the state, particularly those linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, profited from sanctions evasion.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Venezuela isn’t solely to blame for America’s drug crisis, but Maduro protected, enabled, and profited from criminal networks trafficking drugs across the Western Hemisphere.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Arguments can be made that NIL has put the final nail in the coffin to eliminate amateurism in college sports, but truthfully, amateurism in college sports died some time ago as the NCAA, institutions and media profited off the athletes.
—Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profited
benefited
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The city has unquestionably benefitted from some magic.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The company has benefited from a boom in artificial intelligence as a key supplier of high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, used in chipsets for AI data centers like those from Nvidia.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Profited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profited. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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