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as in aided
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment
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as in relieved
to make more bearable or less severe
the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit
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as in prevented
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
they couldn't help the way things turned out
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as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist
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as in improved
to make better
some minor revisions would help this essay immensely
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Recent Examples of helped
Mary Castlebury, who was a principal under Pendleton, said her superintendent helped her confront challenges as a fellow Black administrator.
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
After losing $1,500 as a result of the incident, Schlemmer helped his family put safeguards in place to prevent it from happening again.
—Suzi Morales, Parents, 25 Sep. 2025
William Howard Taft was the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game in 1910 and, as legend had it, helped popularize the seventh-inning stretch.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Mike Testa, president & CEO of Visit Sacramento, which represents local hoteliers, helped the film rent space in a room at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center to review dailies, or results of daily shooting.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Ngonmo said that the Afro Fashion Association has helped diversity, equity and inclusion overcome the tokenistic approach, making room for honest conversations and debates on the topic within the Italian fashion and creative industries.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Headlining the 2025 class is Royals legend Mike Moustakas, the hard-hitting third baseman who helped lead the team to World Series appearances in 2014 and 2015 and a championship in 2015.
—The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
Allen later helped establish a scholarship there in honor of the first two Black graduates.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
While the rise of digital-only banks like GO2bank has helped increase access to banking services, the lack of physical infrastructure means many customer needs still go unmet.
—Akhil Gupta, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helped
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The search, which will be aided by executive search firm Avra Search Partners, will begin in mid-October with a goal of announcing Fete's successor in spring.—
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Fighting altitude sickness, sunburn, rain and hail, Cai and his fireworks team spent more than a week setting up the explosion trails — aided by drones that ran uphill 600-plus times, waterproof firework pots were placed at various points along the 3,000-meter pathway.—
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Mike Patel drove to San Diego from his home in El Centro for a flight on Southwest Airlines to Dallas and was relieved to see traffic moving quickly on Tuesday morning.—
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While perhaps not necessarily fired up about the Chiefs’ 22-9 win over the Giants on Sunday night, fans were relieved and happy to see Kansas City prevail.—
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As a deadlock in Congress has prevented passage of the federal budget, Democrats have garnered increasing attention for drawing a line on this particular issue.—
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That Maestro screening featured the vociferous participation of Leonard Bernstein’s surviving family members, as well as Cooper himself watching silently from the audience (the strike prevented him from doing more), a perfect companion to Cooper’s alternately reverent and over-the-top biopic.—
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In recent years, some Kentucky farmers have also benefited from payments related to the COVID-19 pandemic and disaster recovery.—
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He’s benefited from a thriving running game too, with Buffalo back James Cook wracking up 284 yards on the ground and four scores.—
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In a conference call with analysts following the results, Ervér said the brand has improved its design speed in part by consolidating its production to a smaller pool of long-term strategic partners that contribute to design.—
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Since then, the prospects for young biographers have improved substantially, and a trio of books published this fall is evidence of the genre’s new flowering.—
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The Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office also declined to answer whether deputies assisted in the operation.—
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The Arizona Fire and Medical Authority was being assisted by the Surprise Fire Department and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in the recovery operation.—
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Some were skeptical that the plan alleviated national-security concerns.—
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That program has not alleviated concerns over postproduction deductions and, as of August, had not resolved any cases about that issue, the news organizations found.—
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America would have averted a constitutional crisis and a financial disaster.—
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What's much harder to measure is the number of shootings that have been averted.—
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“Helped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helped. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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