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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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Recent Examples of helpful
Additionally, WatchOS 26 introduces helpful new features, including a convenient wrist-flick gesture and timely suggestions.
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Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
But yeah, just being out in the world, interacting with the real world, just sitting at a café and watching people and reading alone — just being a participant in real life — has been really helpful.
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Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
26 June 2026
One girl suggests that this isn’t the right place for that kind of thing — that Emily should talk to a professional, as if that might be a helpful piece of advice.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 June 2026
The lack of opposition for Hunschofsky is helpful for Democrats.
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Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
But yeah, just being out in the world, interacting with the real world, just sitting at a café and watching people and reading alone — just being a participant in real life — has been really helpful.
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Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
26 June 2026
One girl suggests that this isn’t the right place for that kind of thing — that Emily should talk to a professional, as if that might be a helpful piece of advice.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 June 2026
The lack of opposition for Hunschofsky is helpful for Democrats.
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Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpful
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Later in the day, your mind finds a clever solution, a useful contact or a whole new point of view.
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While Mickey Moniak and Freddy Peralta and Kris Bubic are useful pieces to move, these squads don’t really have the rosters to shake up the deadline by embracing a more aggressive sale.
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Human minds would have to ensure that that bounty got distributed in socially beneficial ways.
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Syn explains that the starter is created by combining flour and water, allowing naturally occurring wild yeast and beneficial bacteria to grow over time.
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That combination of clear skies, dry air and terrain can produce dramatic overnight lows in the 20s and 30s — and in especially favorable setups, even colder readings in localized spots like the one near Kirk, Oregon.
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Similarly, Sullivan and Hafley appear to have favorable view about Rodriguez’s ability to wear the green dot.
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Shah adds that many women feel their best when ferritin levels are at least between 40 and 70 ng/ml for optimal energy and hair health, even if lab ranges suggest lower levels are ‘normal’.
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Los Angeles stretches its NL West lead to 11 games and maintains MLB’s best record as Ohtani’s star power turns Sacramento’s nominal home crowd into a roaring Dodgers road show.
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Prior to the game, both players said Sutter Health Park had lived up to its reputation as a hitter-friendly ballpark.
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Alarmed by an avalanche of high-density development projects prompted by a developer-friendly state law, Miami commissioners have ordered the city attorney to look into challenging the controversial legislation.
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpful. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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