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as in useful
providing service or assistance
a website that I've always found to be helpful for finding information on common medical problems
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as in beneficial
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
the teachers felt that it would be helpful to have more than one thesaurus in the classroom
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Try This Instead
Try This InsteadFor
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helpful comments
a helpful tool
helpful discussions
enjoyable discussions
inspirational discussions
fruitful discussions
valuable discussions
entertaining discussions
helpful people
helpful criticism
constructive criticism
productive criticism
honest criticism
thoughtful criticism
meaningful criticism
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Recent Examples of helpful
Her behavior is almost bird like and the process birding is helpful to her.
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Peter White, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
Investigators asked anyone who might have witnessed Saturday’s incident or has any relevant information helpful to the homicide case to call the Rocklin Police Department at 916-625-5400.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 17 Mar. 2025
Here is some helpful advice for keeping your company’s focus squarely on the customer in 2025, thereby ensuring growth, loyalty, value, satisfaction and long-term success.
—Rob Lancit, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
But Buck ultimately proved less than helpful, sabotaging every showing with off-handed comments about the apartment’s squishy floor and small kitchen.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025
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Peter White, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
Investigators asked anyone who might have witnessed Saturday’s incident or has any relevant information helpful to the homicide case to call the Rocklin Police Department at 916-625-5400.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 17 Mar. 2025
Here is some helpful advice for keeping your company’s focus squarely on the customer in 2025, thereby ensuring growth, loyalty, value, satisfaction and long-term success.
—Rob Lancit, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
But Buck ultimately proved less than helpful, sabotaging every showing with off-handed comments about the apartment’s squishy floor and small kitchen.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for helpful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpful
Adjective
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Trump sees tariffs as a useful tool of American economic power.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Acupuncture may be a safe, useful tool for both chronic pain management in the general population and for fighting insomnia among people in perimenopause.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And apparently, the 39-year-old’s presence has been beneficial, rubbing off on Bridges.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2025
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The study challenges the common idea that conflict is always harmful and that being soft and forgiving is always beneficial.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That may imply Ukrainian brigades are leaving Kursk, and giving up much of the terrain Zelensky hoped to trade back to Russia in exchange for a favorable ceasefire.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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In addition to this, negotiations about money, financial support, loans, taxes and mortgages will be favorable.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Forbes Daily: Join over 1 million Forbes Daily subscribers and get our best stories, exclusive reporting and essential analysis of the day’s news in your inbox every weekday.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The city of Providence continues to be good to Pitino, who famously led Providence College to the Final Four in 1987 toward the beginning of his storied career.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There is a legacy out there of bad harvests and tough winters that by some alchemy brings out the best in people, reminds them to be friendly and kind, and put others first.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
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The doorman is very friendly and asks if there’s a party going on.—
Devan Díaz,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpful. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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