as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profited
Ricci did not respond to questions asking whether Hogan knew the awards were benefiting his stepmother or whether Hogan himself profited from the development at any stage.
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Americans living thousands of miles from each other could argue the issue, and the only gatekeepers were editors who profited from spreading often legitimate outrage.
—Jon Grinspan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
That committee had been assembled in response to a 2022 report that detailed the many ways that Harvard leaders and benefactors profited from and advocated for slavery both on and off campus.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Americans living thousands of miles from each other could argue the issue, and the only gatekeepers were editors who profited from spreading often legitimate outrage.
—Jon Grinspan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
That committee had been assembled in response to a 2022 report that detailed the many ways that Harvard leaders and benefactors profited from and advocated for slavery both on and off campus.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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