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Beneficial: meaning and example

adjective · In the sense illustrated below

Having a useful or favorable effect.

Example sentence

“The shorter meeting format was beneficial to everyone’s schedule.”

An illustrative sentence written for Ikigain.

Putting it into words

At work

“Introduced a beneficial scheduling change that gave staff more notice of weekend shifts.”

This example illustrates a positive sense or context. The same word can have other meanings; choose it for what you actually want to say.

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