Beneficial
adjective
Something that produces a good effect or result and is helpful.
Regular exercise is beneficial to your health.
Often appears as...
- beneficial effect
- beneficial influence
adjective
Something that produces a good effect or result and is helpful.
Regular exercise is beneficial to your health.
Often appears as...
- beneficial effect
- beneficial influence
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outcome
Use 'beneficial' to describe something that provides positive results or outcomes.
Eating vegetables is beneficial for maintaining a balanced diet.
Pro Tip 2/3Health and Growth
'Beneficial' often relates to health, personal growth, or development.
Learning a new language is beneficial for cognitive development.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Improvement
It's used when the advantages might not be immediately obvious but are recognized over time.
Meditation has a beneficial impact on stress levels over time.
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A Forest Garden With 500...
beneficial insects to eat all your pests forest gardens are very beautiful places to be in because although they're managed the management is light so they have this very naturalistic feel to them and it is more like being out in nature than being in a cultivated garden it can seem a bit overwhelming there's so many different species you shouldn't let that stop you from beginning a project
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The past, present and...
has the potential to be hugely beneficial. Today, the threat of an epidemic on the scale of the Black Death has been largely eliminated thanks to antibiotics. But the bubonic plague continues to kill a few thousand people worldwide every year, and the recent emergence of a drug-resistant strain threatens the return of darker times.
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Are spotty fruits and...
But what are they anyway, and are they actually bad for you? Those spots are evidence of an epic battle between plants and microbes. Like humans, plants coexist with billions of fungi and bacteria. Some of these microbes are beneficial to the plant, suppressing disease and helping it extract nutrients.
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How mucus keeps us...
Even though mucus protects against the infectious bacteria, the vast majority of your body's bacterial tenants are not harmful, and many are actually beneficial. That's particularly true when they live in mucus, where they can perform important functions, like synthesizing vitamins,
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What happens during a...
all seem to be beneficial. A good diet and exercise plan can also keep your weight in a healthy range, which will lower your heart attack risk as well. And of course, medications can also help prevent heart attacks. Doctors often prescribe low-dose aspirin, for example,
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How to spot a fad diet -...
So while these diets may be alluring early on, they don't guarantee long-term benefits for your health and weight. A few simple guidelines, though, can help differentiate between a diet that is beneficial in maintaining long-term health,
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What causes antibiotic...
than your body has human cells, many of these bacteria are harmless or even beneficial, helping digestion and immunity. But there are a few bad apples that can cause harmful infections, from minor inconveniences to deadly epidemics.
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Leopard Seals Play With...
be really beneficial for the leopard seals in getting better at catching harder to catch prey such as gentoo penguins so what appears to be kind of bad natured cruel behavior on the part of the leopard seal may be really important
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What Islam really says...
And my parents' understanding of God as a merciful and beneficial friend and provider shaped the way I looked at the world. Now, of course, my upbringing had additional benefits.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
have a question as a biologist if it's going to be more benign than less industrial revolution is it going to be beneficial to all life is it going to be
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A Forest Garden With 500...
beneficial insects to eat all your pests forest gardens are very beautiful places to be in because although they're managed the management is light so they have this very naturalistic feel to them and it is more like being out in nature than being in a cultivated garden it can seem a bit overwhelming there's so many different species you shouldn't let that stop you from beginning a project
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The past, present and...
has the potential to be hugely beneficial. Today, the threat of an epidemic on the scale of the Black Death has been largely eliminated thanks to antibiotics. But the bubonic plague continues to kill a few thousand people worldwide every year, and the recent emergence of a drug-resistant strain threatens the return of darker times.
Video examples
Are spotty fruits and...
But what are they anyway, and are they actually bad for you? Those spots are evidence of an epic battle between plants and microbes. Like humans, plants coexist with billions of fungi and bacteria. Some of these microbes are beneficial to the plant, suppressing disease and helping it extract nutrients.
Video examples
How mucus keeps us...
Even though mucus protects against the infectious bacteria, the vast majority of your body's bacterial tenants are not harmful, and many are actually beneficial. That's particularly true when they live in mucus, where they can perform important functions, like synthesizing vitamins,
Video examples
What happens during a...
all seem to be beneficial. A good diet and exercise plan can also keep your weight in a healthy range, which will lower your heart attack risk as well. And of course, medications can also help prevent heart attacks. Doctors often prescribe low-dose aspirin, for example,
Video examples
How to spot a fad diet -...
So while these diets may be alluring early on, they don't guarantee long-term benefits for your health and weight. A few simple guidelines, though, can help differentiate between a diet that is beneficial in maintaining long-term health,
Video examples
What causes antibiotic...
than your body has human cells, many of these bacteria are harmless or even beneficial, helping digestion and immunity. But there are a few bad apples that can cause harmful infections, from minor inconveniences to deadly epidemics.
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Leopard Seals Play With...
be really beneficial for the leopard seals in getting better at catching harder to catch prey such as gentoo penguins so what appears to be kind of bad natured cruel behavior on the part of the leopard seal may be really important
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What Islam really says...
And my parents' understanding of God as a merciful and beneficial friend and provider shaped the way I looked at the world. Now, of course, my upbringing had additional benefits.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
have a question as a biologist if it's going to be more benign than less industrial revolution is it going to be beneficial to all life is it going to be
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Karen Bardsley
American Athlete
There were some coaches, some teammates, some sports psychology people who I could trust and rely on. They were very important to keep me focused on the right things - the things which would be beneficial to me instead of catastrophising things and worrying about things which were not in my control.
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John Marshall
American Judge
If the agency of the mother in forming the character of her children is, in truth, so considerable, as I think it - if she does so much toward making her son what she would wish him to be - how essential is it that she should be fitted for the beneficial performance of these important duties.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view, it's good for people to be able to leave places where there's less work and move to places where there's more.
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Juliana Harkavy
American Actress
One of the things that has been the most beneficial for me in real life is that I've been able to really become stronger physically, and so I try to get to the gym at least - while I'm working, it's hard sometimes.
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Jaan Tallinn
Estonian Businessman
I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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Kerry Healey
American Politician
It's hard to think of anything that is more socially beneficial than raising children well. It needs to be valued and respected, I believe by everyone in public life regardless of your political party.
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John Portman
American Architect
We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.
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Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics.
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William James
American Philosopher
Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
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Kevin Schmidt
American Actor
I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.
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Karen Bardsley
American Athlete
There were some coaches, some teammates, some sports psychology people who I could trust and rely on. They were very important to keep me focused on the right things - the things which would be beneficial to me instead of catastrophising things and worrying about things which were not in my control.
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John Marshall
American Judge
If the agency of the mother in forming the character of her children is, in truth, so considerable, as I think it - if she does so much toward making her son what she would wish him to be - how essential is it that she should be fitted for the beneficial performance of these important duties.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view, it's good for people to be able to leave places where there's less work and move to places where there's more.
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Juliana Harkavy
American Actress
One of the things that has been the most beneficial for me in real life is that I've been able to really become stronger physically, and so I try to get to the gym at least - while I'm working, it's hard sometimes.
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Jaan Tallinn
Estonian Businessman
I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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Kerry Healey
American Politician
It's hard to think of anything that is more socially beneficial than raising children well. It needs to be valued and respected, I believe by everyone in public life regardless of your political party.
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John Portman
American Architect
We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.
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Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics.
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William James
American Philosopher
Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
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Kevin Schmidt
American Actor
I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.
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