as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profited
Trump’s allies on the political right, here and abroad, have profited from the story of gold as a safe haven in a world threatened by currency-printing globalists.
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Musk claims the shift betrayed OpenAI’s original nonprofit mission to develop safe, open-source AI technology for the public good – and that the company’s leaders, including Altman and Brockman, wrongfully profited from his charitable contributions, according to the lawsuit.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
As more advertising moved online and the news industry lost significant revenue, many daily newspapers closed or moved to online-only editions, while social media platforms often profited from the reporting newspapers had done.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Going back further, prediction market analysts have identified a trader who appears to have profited handsomely from having advance knowledge of the pardons former President Biden granted in his final hours in office.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
As longtime homeowners profited, the lost tax revenue forced reductions in school spending.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
Of course, Duncan doesn't stop at simply detailing how Joanne has profited from her patients' private information.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
There has not been evidence of leaks or that White House employees have profited from insider trading.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
The unspoken obscenity of the incident was that fifty dollars was all Monroe ever profited from a calendar that, thanks to reprints, moved several million copies by 1955.
—Joshua John Miller, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 2026
Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Musk claims the shift betrayed OpenAI’s original nonprofit mission to develop safe, open-source AI technology for the public good – and that the company’s leaders, including Altman and Brockman, wrongfully profited from his charitable contributions, according to the lawsuit.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
As more advertising moved online and the news industry lost significant revenue, many daily newspapers closed or moved to online-only editions, while social media platforms often profited from the reporting newspapers had done.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Going back further, prediction market analysts have identified a trader who appears to have profited handsomely from having advance knowledge of the pardons former President Biden granted in his final hours in office.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
As longtime homeowners profited, the lost tax revenue forced reductions in school spending.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
Of course, Duncan doesn't stop at simply detailing how Joanne has profited from her patients' private information.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
There has not been evidence of leaks or that White House employees have profited from insider trading.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
The unspoken obscenity of the incident was that fifty dollars was all Monroe ever profited from a calendar that, thanks to reprints, moved several million copies by 1955.
—Joshua John Miller, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profited
benefited
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At the Capitol, protesters carried placards supporting Fair Districts Amendments, which voters approved in 2010, and denouncing the governor’s scheme as a bad faith gerrymandering scheme that only benefitted his and other Republican leaders’ ambitions.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Both squads benefited from the charity stripe.—
PJ Green
April 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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