benefiting

verb

variants also benefitting
Definition of benefitingnext
present participle of benefit
as in helping
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 benefiting The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates three times since September, and lower rates could likely drive consumer spending to an extent benefiting AXP’s transaction volumes and fee revenues. — Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024 China, for instance, has used its control of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to pursue its domestic interests while benefiting from the legitimacy of the institution’s diverse membership. — Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024 Similarly, the whole field of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) is benefitting from advances in Deep Larning. — David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

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